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It is a grave travesty of the spirit of the olympic charter, a blatant political provocation, and a serious affront to the 1.4 billion chinese people. if the us is bent on having its own way, china will take resolute countermeasures. its not clear what those measures will be. it was only a few weeks ago that presidents biden and xijinping were talking face—to—face, almost, but in announcing the decision to keep its officials and dignitaries away, the white house said it came down to one thin...

Grandstanding is aimed at political manipulation. it is a grave travesty of the spirit of the olympic charter, a blatant political provocation, and a serious affront to the 1.4 billion chinese people. if the us is bent on having its own way, china will take resolute countermeasures. its not clear what those measures will be. it was only a few weeks ago that presidents biden and xi jinping were talking face—to—face, almost, but in announcing the decision to keep its officials and dignitaries ...

Talking about this weekend, for some children, they are most definitely safer in school than out of school. china has warned the united states will "pay a price" for its decision to stage a diplomatic boycott of the winter olympics over human rights concerns. american athletes will still take part in the games, but the united states won�*t send an official us delegation. china has called the boycott pretentious and a political manipulation. our china correspondent robin brant reports. china ha...

China has already sort of herbed a threat, dont go down this road. china takes this as sort of an affront. and i think highly its important to notice how thuggish the chinese government is when it comes to human rights and the sort of temporary disappearance of peng shuai, but the uighers and other religious groups, this is a real evolution for america when it comes to china, especially when it comes to joe biden. back when he was a senator he was really glowing about the role he thought china w...

New york has issued a vaccine mandate for private—sector workers to come into effect after christmas. its aimed at stemming rising covid cases as the new omicron variant gains a foothold. washington has announced a us diplomatic boycott of the beijing winter olympics. it doesnt effect athletes but us government officials will not be attending the games. myanmar�*s military rulers are facing international condemnation after the countrys ousted civilian leader aung san suu kyi was given a four...

Washington has announced a us diplomatic boycott of the beijing winter olympics. it doesnt effect athletes but us government officials will not be attending the games. myanmar�*s military rulers are facing international condemnation after the countrys ousted civilian leader aung san suu kyi was given a four—year prison sentence, later reduced to two. the us has described her conviction as an affront to justice. there have been more cases of omicron around the world. new york has issued a vac...

There clearly are not enough like charlie dent or adam kinzinger who is the only one who tweeted out that lauren boebert is trash. hes right, and they need to step up to the plate if they want to be considered real leaders. the problem is, who is it that they are following? whose example is it that shes following? its donald trump. we know that donald trump is still the leader of the republican party. and until that changes, these kinds of comments are going to continue to be things that were go...

>> you have been hurt. thank you for calling out the administration for what it is doing. its unconstitutional and an affront to democracy. >> laura: or a vice-president who is so in over her head she makes joe biden look capable. >> what will you do to fix the problem of inflation? >> lets start with this. prices have gone up. its on a daily level its a heavyweight to carry. its something we take seriously. >> laura: he is an embarrassment to liberals everywhere. time to rethink your plan -- am...

There because it represents the pride of china, which is an important characteristic and showing china to the world. president xi has this concept of a human community with a shared future. thats his vision for the world. and the olympics are an exemplification of that. so highest level of importance to it. and so the calls for a potential boycott, a diplomatic boycott as the u.s. was -- it would be looked at as a horrendous affront to china. where this incident now comes in is it puts additiona...

Reason to believe he had committed a crime. they were using the old georgia law of citizens arrest and it turned into a struggle and ahmaud arbery was killed in self-defense. it was tragic but all legally justifiable. then after all of that emotional testimony, an attorney who represented the arbery family talked about what it really meant to them all. heres what he said. >> ahmaud arbery committed no crime. his only crime was being black. >> yes. >> and the defendants cloaked in their whiteness...