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My article for the Telegraph:The news that Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, head of the World Health Organisation, is to attend the Winter Olympics in Beijing is baffling on a number of levels. Has he not got a day job to do? There is a pandemic on.“Sources close to” him say it would be a “political statement to turn down the invitation”, which indicates ludicrous delusions of grandeur: he is a bureaucrat, not a head of state, let alone a “dignitary”.But if Adhanom Ghebreyesus does want to play the politician, with most Western governments boycotting the games, his attendance shows an alarming complacency about the persecution of the Uyghurs, the crushing of freedom in Hong Kong and the lack of transparency in finding the source of Covid-19.It is worth listing the ways in which the Chinese authorities have failed to help the WHO do its job over the past two years.

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From Olympic Bobsledder to Financial Adviser—Carlo Valdes Knows a Thing or Two About Second Careers

Ever think about trying out for the U.S. Bobsled team?It wasn’t the craziest idea that Valdes, at 6-foot-2 and 220 pounds of almost all muscle, had ever heard, outside of the fact he grew up in Newport Beach, California, and knew absolutely nothing about the sport.Less than two years after graduating, Valdes not only made the squad, but his two-man team placed fifth at the World Championships in 2015.

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Single-Handedly Reaching for the Gold as a Paralympian in Tokyo and Beyond

Paralympic dual-sport athlete Dani Aravich’s sprint to Tokyo 2020 and Beijing 2022

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11 Most Helpful Apps For Learning Mandarin Chinese [2021]

If we take a closer look, we can easily divide the standard language of China into multiple regions such as Hong Kong, mainland China, Taiwan, and several other ethnic china and Taiwan groups.All of these regions have different written and spoken dialects of widely spoken Chinese.But Chinese For US is a total Rockstar in terms of adapting itself with the widely spoken words and grammatical forms of the 普通话 (Mandarin Chinese).CLICK HERE TO READ MORE ABOUT CHINESE FOR USWe all non-native speakers are going to learn the Chinese Language for various reasons.

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The World Needs a Real Investigation Into the Origins of Covid-19

My article for the Wall Street Journal, with Dr. Chan:In the first week of January, scientists representing the World Health Organization (WHO) were due to arrive in China to trace the origins of Covid-19.

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China Approved Its First COVID-19 Vaccine Based on Interim Result

On Thursday, December 31, 2020, China approved its first COVID-19 vaccine developed by a Chinese state-backed pharmaceutical company, Sinopharm, founded by China National Pharmaceutical Group (CNPG). As per the claim of the vaccine producer, Beijing Biological Products Institute, a subsidiary of CNPG, the vaccine was found 79.34% effective against the COVID-19 based on the interim analysis.

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A Study Claims China’s CNBG Vaccine Showing Promising Results in Clinical Tests

Researchers have claimed one of China’s key COVID-19 vaccine candidate, dubbed as BBIBP-CorV, was showing promising results of its clinical tests. The vaccine, developed by the Beijing Institute of Biological Products, a subsidiary of China National Biotec Group (CNBG), was found to be safe and has been approved for emergency use in the country.CNBG conducted Phase I and Phase II of the vaccine clinical tests, which involved more than 600 healthy participants, between April 29 and July 30 and the result showed that the vaccine triggered immune responses in a combined early and mid-stage test in humans.

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China Announces The Launch Of Global Data Security Initiative

On Monday, China’s biggest chipmaker SMIC stocks plunged 23% after the United States (U.S.) said that it is assessing the matter if to add the restrict the export of the Chinese firm. It’s not the first time, the Trump government is scrutinizing a Chinese firm.Over time, the U.S.

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China Starts Military Drills as Senior U.S. Official Lands in Taiwan

On Friday, China initiated combat drills near the Taiwan Strait the same day a senior U.S.

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Australian Consulate Safely Evacuates Journalists Despite Chinese Warning

Australian consulate in Shanghai safely returned two Australian media correspondents, Bill Birtles from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) and Michael Smith from the Australian Financial Review (AFR), to their home country on Tuesday, September 8, 2020. The two foreign correspondents had been taking shelter in Australia’s embassy in Beijing after they were being questioned by the Chinese government in a linked with a national security probe.

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