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While Kvitova has looked dominant in her wins over Belinda Bencic and Kristina Mladenovic so far at Beijing, Barty has been made to work, dropping a set ti Saisai Zheng in the previous round. Both Kvitova and Barty have enjoyed plenty of ups and downs this year and the upcoming contest promises to an enthralling one. Kvitova has had the upper hand in her meetings with Barty thus far, leading their head to head 4-1....

A report by J-Cast, translated by Kotaku, reveals that SNK China has been awarded $115,000 in damages after 2018 movie Warrior Angels was founded to have infringed upon the company’s copyright. The fantasy comedy movie, which features a female character who turns into a “red clad woman” to avenge her father, will also be pulled from distribution under the order. However, the court ruling has been appealed. RELATED: Samurai Shodown Trailer Highlights DLC Character Mina Majikina...

Thus begins the education of China’s 137 million (and counting) Netizens into the ways of 3-D virtual worlds. With a launch planned for the end of the year, HiPiHi appears to be on track to becoming the first homegrown Chinese competitor to Second Life, the virtual world that’s all the rage in the United States. HiPiHi’s 38-year-old CEO and founder, Xu Hui, has ambitious goals: he plans to sign up 100,000 users in the first three months....

The 33-year-old ophthalmologist, who worked at Wuhan Central Hospital in central China’s Hubei Province, was later infected with the virus himself and died in early February, before a Chinese government inquiry cleared his name. On December 31, 2019, health authorities in Wuhan first alerted the World Health Organization about a cluster of cases of mysterious pneumonia. However, Li had already sounded the alarm the day before by warning friends and colleagues in a private chat group about seven hospital patients infected with severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)....

Zhou, now 36, grew up in a poor family in a remote village in western China. Because even the local primary school charged high fees, Zhou’s parents made what the whole family considered an easy choice: Zhou’s brothers went to school, and she and her sisters stayed home to work on the farm. “I never went to school once in my childhood,” said Zhou. “We followed the tradition of paying more attention to the boys of the family than to the girls....

U.S.-China ties are seeing subtle signs of improvement in spite of lingering disagreements that have left the relationship simmering for most of the year. The countries surprised observers late on Wednesday when they announced at COP26 in Glasgow plans to jointly address climate issues. In yet another virtual address, this time at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) CEO Summit, China’s Xi told the region to reject political “discrimination and exclusion....

The Central Asians ranked 91st in the world and playing their first major tournament, bossed the first half and deservedly led 1-0 at the break of their Group C clash after Akhlidin Israilov’s rasping strike. But panicky Kyrgyz goalkeeper Pavel Matiash committed the howler of the Asian Cup so far when he palmed the ball into his own net shortly after half-time before Beijing Guoan forward Yu Dabao grabbed the winner 12 minutes before the end....

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying told reporters Monday in Beijing that China is “gravely concerned about this internal discussion in the U.S. administration on resuming nuclear tests.” She joined Russia in voicing support for a recent statement issued by the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) Group of Eminent Persons (GEM), which also called on Washington not to restart nuclear tests. “The CTBT, which sets out international norms in prohibiting nuclear tests, serves as an important pillar of the international nuclear arms control system and is of great significance in promoting nuclear disarmament, prohibiting nuclear proliferation and upholding world peace and security,” Hua said of the 1996 agreement....

Democratic Taiwan has received the most assurances about its continued security in recent memory amid a marked rise in military coercion by Beijing over the past year. The Biden administration in particular has backed Taiwan through vocal support and military signaling. Despite categorical commitments from the White House that the U.S. does not support Taiwan independence—a point reiterated by Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman on her recent trip to Tianjin—China continues to voice its displeasure at Washington’s “rock-solid” unofficial relationship with the self-ruled island....

In the brief exchange between 5:19 p.m. and 5:21 p.m. local time, a radio officer with Taiwan’s Air Combat Command said in a standard warning: “This is the Republic of China Air Force. The Chinese military aircraft currently flying at 6,600 meters in Taiwan’s southwestern airspace, you have entered our airspace and are affecting aviation safety. Turn around and leave immediately.” The response is partially scrambled, but a PLA pilot retorted: “This is all Chinese airspace....

At least, it does for now. Monopolies, however approximate, after all, are made to be broken. Judging from the buzz around Silicon Valley, lots of people hope Intel’s will be, too, sooner rather than later. For the first time, new competitors are pushing into its markets. The biggest and boldest, like Apple, are going head to head with Intel, backed by radically new technologies. Smaller clone-makers are nipping at its heels, garnering big contracts with some of the industry’s biggest buyers....

Six players from the Guadalajara side - defenders Juan Aguayo and Manuel Mayorga, midfielders Alan Cervantes and Diego Cortes, and forwards Jose Godinez and Kevin Magana - were among the 26 called for a three-week camp that will include five preparation matches. Cervantes, Cortes and Magana were part of the U-17 team that took fourth place in the 2015 U-17 World Cup in Chile. That team also included Santos Laguna’s Eduardo Aguirre and Kevin Lara, who are on the U-20 squad along with Ronaldo Cisneros and Carlos Antuna, giving the Torreon team the second-most players on the roster....

Hammerhead worms (Bipalium kewense) and jumping worms (Amynthas agrestis) are damaging to gardens, forests and wildlife. The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) has said hammerhead worms will eat earthworms, a crucial organism to soil regeneration and essential member of the forest food chain, and jumping worms will eat protective layers of leaf litter and topsoil, excreting pellets that make the soil structure poor, killing plants. In the case of hammerhead worms, which are native to Southeast Asia, they can attack and kill prey that are many times larger than themselves....

In a statement issued to Newsweek, Henrico County Sheriff Alisa Gregory said: “Christine Weston Chandler is currently being held in our Jail West facility on one count of incest and awaiting arraignment in Greene County, Virginia.” Sheriff Gregory was unable to provide any further information relating to the arrest other than to say “the criminal charges are not for Henrico County, but Greene County.” Gregory said, “We are just housing until transport can be arranged....

Six fights have been confirmed before the main event settles the acrimony between the two chief protagonists, including a test for unbeaten British cruiserweight Richard Riakporhe against an ex-world title holder. The expected crowd of 21,000 fans can also be certain of witnessing a towering presence in action early in the evening, when heavyweight giant ‘Magic’ Matty Harris puts his perfect record on the line. Here’s what to expect from the boxing bill before Chris Eubank Jr and Liam Smith step into the ring....

Being critical of his WWE debut promo “I’m a perfectionist. There’s certain things I would have done differently, but at the time, it was the best that I could do. I do think it was too long. I think I would have made it shorter. And some of the facial expressions. But at the time? it’s not that I don’t like it, I think it’s amazing, one of the best entrances that any character has had, the way it was built up, the countdown clock and the way it hit zero right in the middle of the Rock’s promo I thought was genius, it’s just?...

Interestingly, if it wasn’t for Jim Ross, Chris Jericho may never have gotten a shot at becoming a WWE Superstar. The former AEW Champion recently took to Twitter and admitted that Jim Ross was almost “single-handedly” responsible for him getting a chance to become a WWE Superstar. Jim Ross on why Vince McMahon did not want to sign Chris Jericho While talking on his podcast - Grilling JR - Jim Ross had revealed that Vince McMahon was not very keen on signing Chris Jericho....

Jericho will have an all-star panel of experts joining him, including Hulk Hogan, Daniel Bryan and Paige, the WWE announced Thursday. MORE: Adam Rose on ‘E:60’ doc, WWE journey | Michelle Beadle on why she turned in her WWE ‘fan card’ | What we learned on ‘WWE Raw’ Jericho will have big shoes to fill in replacing Steve Austin as host. Austin served up some “stone cold” truth and plenty of gut-wrenching yet awesome moments in reality television....

On a live Chris Jericho Saturday Night Special, Jericho was asked which wrestlers he could have wrestled but never did. He said there were many, but he felt missed out on wrestling Bret Hart and Owen Hart. Chris Jericho says that Owen Hart was a huge influence on him Chris Jericho said that both Bret and Owen Hart were two heroes he wished he could wrestle, but couldn’t for multiple reasons....