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China’s TV regulator insultingly addressed effeminate men with the slang term “niang pao” meaning “girlie guns.” The order to “put an end” to them demonstrates the Chinese government’s worries that male pop stars provide a lack of masculine influence for the nation’s men. Meanwhile, in nearby Japan and South Korea, many male pop stars are known for having a sleek and feminine image. In addition, broadcasters were ordered to not promote “vulgar internet celebrities” alongside celebrity culture and that broadcasters should “vigorously promote excellent Chinese traditional culture, revolutionary culture and advanced socialist culture....

The aircraft is believed to be a China Eastern Airlines passenger plane carrying 123 passengers and nine crew members, according to a Telegraph report. The flight that crashed appears to be Flight No. MU5735 from Kunming to Guangzhou. Flight-tracking data showed the Boeing 737-89P rapidly lost speed and entered a steep descent. CAAC said it had sent a team of officials and the Guangxi fire services to deal with the fire and crash aftermath....

He will spend his final 10 weeks in the White House looking for ways to further sabotage U.S.-China relations in order to set a political trap for President-elect Joe Biden and his team, Global Times claimed today. The paper, which represents the most hawkish views of the Chinese Communist Party, called the president’s signing of an “anti-China” executive order Thursday a “final act of the madness from the Trump administration....

Tuesday, February 11, was a solid – but ultimately disappointing – day for China. Speed skater Zhang Hong pulled out the performance of the day in the first run of the women’s 2 x 500 m. Her time of 37.58 was a new track record at the time, though two competitors later went faster, placing Zhang in bronze medal position at the half way point. Her second race was considerably slower at 37....

Air Chief MarshalSir Stuart Peach, who is stepping down on Friday after three years as chair of NATO’s military committee, told the Financial Times that the alliance’s 30 member states needed to do more to decide what China’s military ambitions might mean for them. The FT interview, published on Friday, comes as tensions simmer between China and the West, against the backdrop of a Washington-Beijing trade war, increased military aggression and a string of cyberespionage attacks....

The triple Olympic champion produced a blistering last two laps to clock one minute, 45.43 seconds and successfully launch his quest to win five gold medals in Jakarta. Victory was twice as sweet for Sun, who was stunned by Japan’s Kosuke Hagino at the last Asian Games in 2014 and also took silver behind Korean rival Park Tae-hwan in 2010. From the moment Sun strode out sporting a bright yellow tracksuit and huge red headphones to roars from flag-waving Chinese fans, there was only ever likely to be one winner....

Xi is due in Kazakhstan on Wednesday, for what will be his first foreign trip in more than two years, following an abundance of caution during the pandemic. From September 15 to 16, Xi will attend an annual leaders’ gathering of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. In Russia’s far eastern city of Vladivostok last week, Putin confirmed that he would meet his Chinese counterpart on the sidelines of the SCO summit....

The stories the center’s “students” are telling are not for the faint of heart. Speaking to The Associated Press before the tribunal began, a witness named Bumeryem Rozi said she underwent a forced abortion while she was more than six months pregnant, a practice that another witness told the AP was common when mothers gave birth to more children than they were officially permitted to have. “They first gave me a pill and said to take it, so I did,” Rozi told The Associated Press....

“Recently, some politicians and the media in the world insisted on politicizing the scientific issue of tracing the source of COVID-19, regardless of scientific facts, for their own personal gain, arbitrarily misinterpreting the scientific findings and reports of our joint team, which is a huge disrespect to the work of our scientists,” Dr. Liang Wannian, team leader of the Chinese side of the WHO-China joint expert team, told the Global Times....

Guo Ping, who founded the Chunlin Vocational Training School in the city of Zhengzhou, published a paper in the journal Pictorial Geography in March. He wrote that he led several “special” students who were able to turn boiled fertilized eggs back into live ones, the South China Morning Post reported. Guo claimed that one of seven boiled eggs used in the experiment was successfully incubated and hatched using “mind power and energy....

In footage widely shared online, a man expressing his support for police is seen being hit by activists opposed to Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam’s administration amid clashes at the semi-autonomous city’s international airport. The man, whose hands and feet were bound with zip ties as he was accused of being a government spy, was then identified online as Global Times journalist Fu Guohao by the newspaper’s editor-in-chief Hu Xijin, who said Fu “has no other task except for reporting” and appealed for his release....

Relations between the countries began to decline in 2020 after Australia requested an independent investigation into the coronavirus’s origins and responses to the pandemic, the Associated Press reported. The latest fissure between the nations came this week when Australia rejected accusations from China that it was inhibiting the distribution of Chinese vaccines in Papua New Guinea. The Australian treasurer and deputy leader of the ruling Liberal Party, Josh Frydenberg, said Wednesday that China remains a “very important economic partner” despite the strained relations....

With Russian President Vladimir Putin’s military campaign nearing its two-week mark and his forces on the outskirts of Kyiv, the United States and its NATO allies have already supplied Volodymyr Zelensky’s Ukraine with tens of thousands of precision weapons such as shoulder-launched anti-aircraft and anti-tank rockets—and many more are on the way. Over the weekend, Secretary of State Antony Blinken hinted at some progress in a proposal to transfer Poland’s Soviet-era MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine’s air force, a move that would be contingent on a guarantee of Poland later receiving American-made replacements....

Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian told reporters at a daily briefing on Friday that no other nation would allow separatists to threaten national unity, after the U.S. criticized the proposed national security legislation. Zhao said that while Beijing still seeks cooperation and dialogue with Washington, D.C., it would fight back if the U.S. tries to oppress China, Reuters reported. The Hong Kong national security legislation is set to be approved at the annual meeting of the National People’s Congress in Beijing this week, where top Chinese Communist Party officials meet to rubber stamp political and economic policy decided by leaders....

The move by Florida Senator Marco Rubio and North Dakota Senators Kevin Cramer and John Hoeven was the latest unexpected development in response to the agribusiness’s investment plan, which is coming under national scrutiny because of tentative ties to Beijing. Fufeng USA, a subsidiary of Hong Kong-listed Fufeng Group, purchased a parcel of farmland in Grand Forks for $2.6 million this year for the construction of a wet corn mill, which will extract ingredients for animal feed sold in North America....

With Lin Chi-Chieh only playing limited minutes, Chinese Taipei used a more balanced attack to win their second Group A match, reports Xinhua. Lu Cheng-Ju led Chinese Taipei with 25 points. Quincy Davis contributed with 14 points and 10 rebounds. Chinese Taipei led from start to finish and got a 30-3 advantage in assists. “We knew we had to win this game because tomorrow we’ll play against the Philippines,” said Chinese Taipei coach Hsu Chin-Che....

The onus is thus on the former World No. 13 Jayaram to carry India’s hopes. The 31-year-old Mumbai shuttler is eager to claw his way back to the top echelons of the sport after a stubborn hamstring injury robbed him of a chunk of the season last year. Consequently, his ranking slipped to outside 100, and he has been steadily building his form and confidence for the past five months....

While the image-based missions are admittedly short, the images do manage to show off plenty of gameplay mechanics that can be found in the Midtown Manhattan area, and we have to imagine this promo campaign was very easy on the budget for the company behind it. While Imgur does provide free image hosting, it’s evident GameStop did splash some cash to get Imgur to push the images as promoted content....

Wellington – Former New Zealand skipper Chris Cairns has rejected charges that he was the Player X and cricket hero alleged to be the match-fixing ring leader in the evidence given by his former team mates to International Cricket Council (ICC) investigators. “I totally reject the allegations against me and I will prove this. However, I think it is very dangerous to try to do this through the media and court of public opinion, where it is impossible to present all the information and facts,” Cairns said in a statement to Stuff....

No, not that play. Another one, much earlier in the game. MORE: Three reasons Florida beat Wisconsin A battle between Chiozza and Badgers forward Bronson Koenig was simmering on the floor. After a huge Chiozza bucket, the Gator guard jawed with Koenig all the way down the floor. Chest out, head high, he got right in Koenig’s face on the defensive end of the floor, spouting some words. The intensity was at a boiling point....