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The Chinese military announced Wednesday that it held the opening ceremony of the Blue Sword 2019 joint naval special forces exercise with Saudi Arabia Sunday, and the maneuvers would run three weeks at the King Faisal Naval Base. China’s armed forces said that “the joint training aims to enhance the mutual trust and friendly relations between the two navies, strengthen the maritime combat capability of the participants, exchange experiences and improve the training level....

Without giving specific names, spokesperson Zhao Lijian told reporters that politicians have “instigated racism and hatred, and condoned discrimination against Chinese students in the United States,” according to the Associated Press. “The United States should take practical measures to resolve issues of racism and racial discrimination at home, and earnestly safeguard and protect the safety and legitimate rights and interests of Chinese citizens in the United States,” Zhao said....

Airfinity, a British health-analytics firm, wrote in its latest report on Thursday that 33,200 people were likely dying of the virus every day in China. This adds up to 674,000 fatalities since early December, when the Chinese government’s years-long zero-COVID policy was abruptly and swiftly dismantled. China’s daily infections—believed to have peaked last week—had likely reached 4.19 million, or 108 million since December 2022, said London-based Airfinity, which is providing private-sector analysis in the absence of official figures....

Chinese Communist Party Central Foreign Affairs Commission Director Yang Jiechi will meet U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken next Thursday in Alaska. This marks the first in-person talks between Beijing and the new leadership in Washington, as well as the Biden administration’s first contact with Chinese officials since the U.S. leader spoke with Chinese President Xi Jinping last month on the eve of the Lunar New Year. The People’s Republic sees a potential opportunity in this encounter to deescalate the harsh rhetoric that has carried over from the previous White House....

The drills, which were announced in response to House Nancy Nancy Pelosi visit to Taipei between August 2 and 3, were originally scheduled to conclude on Sunday but continued through Tuesday. Taiwan’s Defense Ministry said it tracked several dozen warplane sorties and 10 Chinese naval vessels around the island as of 5 p.m. local time, a statement said. At least 16 sorties were conducted east of the Taiwan Strait median line, the unofficial Cold War buffer that Beijing now argues doesn’t exist....

The China Tribunal—chaired by human rights lawyer Sir Geoffrey Nice—claims that diplomat Jiang Duan’s appointment to the UNHRC Consultative Group means the UN is “sleepwalking into complicity” with Chinese human rights abuses, including the suppression of Muslim groups in the far west of the country and alleged human organ harvesting. The Tribunal declared China a “criminal state” in March, accusing it of approving and helping cover up forced organ harvesting for more than 20 years....

But rather than mock or belittle these unschooled wine drinkers, the guardians of France’s grandest grapes are asking another question entirely: red, white or rosé? Tired of declining international market share through 2005, French wine merchants are reaching out to China as a potential savior. That means overlooking Chinese nectar naiveté, as well as welcoming Chinese tourists to the wine-growing regions; Bordeaux recently began publishing a Chinese-language listing of its main châteaux....

Hu Xijin, editor-in-chief of Chinese Community Party newspaper Global Times, tweeted side-by-side images of boisterous statements by both Donald Trump and Joe Biden. “Chinese netizen’s comment: Win-win situation in the US election,” Hu wrote, referring to confidence in both the Trump and Biden camps that the election was there for the taking. In social media posts hidden by Twitter and marked by Facebook as potentially misleading, President Trump said: “We are up BIG, but they are trying to STEAL the Election....

The French Institute of International Relations (IFRI) published a new report Thursday detailing how coronavirus could alter EU-China relations, both during the outbreak and in the long-term. This year was already set to be a pivotal one for relations between Brussels and China as questions of commercial and political influence come to the fore. The heated debate around 5G licensing continues, with the U.S. pressuring its European allies to block Chinese firm Huawei from contracts over security concerns....

BEIJING (Reuters) - China’s Dalian Wanda Group, controlled by the country’s richest man Wang Jianlin, has signed an eight-year exclusive partnership with badminton’s international governing body, the latest high-level deal by Wanda to expand its global sports footprint. Wanda signed the deal through its subsidiary, Swiss-based sports marketing firm Infront Sports & Media, securing the exclusive sponsorship and media rights of major events of the Badminton World Federation (BWF)....

Beijing and the nearby city of Zhangjiakou won the right to host the Games in 2015. The only other city bidding was Almaty in Kazakhstan, after other competitors dropped out, citing costs and other worries. While Beijing hosted the 2008 Summer Games to wide acclaim, its bid for the Winter Games was dogged by concern over numerous issues, such as corruption, the city’s notorious smog, a lack of snow and China’s poor human rights record....

On Tuesday, the news network published its review of 117 pages of documents it claimed were leaked from the Hubei Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention. The files, said to have been provided by a whistleblower working in China’s healthcare system, showed health authorities in Wuhan, capital of Hubei Province in central China, had repeatedly under-reported the number of patients who had been infected by or died of COVID-19, CNN said....

The crude one-seater designed by Chen Ruihua, 59, was assembled with basic parts sourced both locally and off the internet. The authorities in the town of Miaoquan, in Changshu in Jiangsu province, deemed it a “potential safety hazard,” according to a statement released on WeChat last Friday. Local police, who had come across a video of previous test flights, visited his workshop to prevent another. Building homemade aircraft isn’t against the law, they said, but it is unlawful to pilot one without authorization from the civil aviation authority, and without the requisite training and qualifications....

The star ADC player, Tang “huanfeng” Huan-Feng, of Chinese League of Legends team Suning has pulled out of the LPL All-Star Weekend following allegations of infidelity made on social media. Huanfeng is alleged to have cheated on his girlfriend with several other women during the 2020 League of Legends World Championship in Shanghai. RELATED: Riot Games Releases K/DA ALL OUT Merch Huanfeng was selected to the Rookie Team and was expected to have his World Championship performance be celebrated....

Even those permitted to leave must test negative for the virus within 48 hours of departure, according to new rules issued by the local government that took effect Monday. Anyone seeking to leave the surrounding province of Guangdong must also adhere to the guidelines. Local officials are also restricting indoor dining, conducting mass testing and banning residents in virus hotspots from leaving their homes. Two districts in the city of 18 million are completely closed off....

Social media site Weibo is where one would typically find some of the loudest Chinese voices in support of Russia. Beijing and Moscow share history, military technology, and—under Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping—strategic motivation, too. However, Ukraine’s counteroffensives and a series of tactical withdrawals by Russia’s forces have left some Chinese social media users acknowledging that their endorsement has backfired, according to Manya Koetse, founding editor of the What’s on Weibo website that tracks the country’s social media trends....

China claims Taiwan as part of its nation under the “one country, two systems” policy. But Taiwan has maintained its independence and autonomy for decades, with the U.S. expressing military support for the country if Beijing were ever to attempt to take it back by force. The Biden administration is currently working to help Taiwan participate at the United Nations in a more “meaningful” way, drawing China’s anger. The Global Times, which is published by the ruling Chinese Communist Party, wrote a scathing editorial criticizing the U....

In men’s section, Ajay Jayaram had to fight against Japanese Shimono in three gruelling sets. The Japanese won the first set 21-18 before Jayaram won the next two sets 21-17 and 21-9 to progress into next round. He will take on Denmark K Brun. Sourabh Verma too had to fight out against Chinese Taipei Lee C-h in three sets. The Chinese Taipei player won the first set 21-18. The Indian player won the next two sets 21-16 and 21-13 to progress into the second round....

The Chinese team had podium training on Thursday with the rotation starting from the beam. But team captain Shang Chunsong looked uncomfortable during the training session as she put on a long quilted jacket while her teammates were practicing on the uneven bars, reports Xinhua. A pale-faced Shang refused to talk to journalists after the training session, while Mao Yi, another member of the Chinese team, revealed that Shang was having a fever....

Torn Banner Studios released Chivalry 2 in 2021 as a sequel to the first Chivalry, which is a popular multiplayer first-person medieval fighting game. Just like in the first game, Chivalry 2 players outfit their character choosing from an assortment of weapons and armor, then take to the field and clash with their opponents to see who is the better medieval brawler. With a wide variety of gear and a high skill ceiling, the game has quickly become a hit, especially once Chivalry 2 launched on Xbox Game Pass....