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The 2022 winter olympics have begun — though the opening ceremony takes place on friday — in the midst of controversies about coronavirus and boycotts. the head of the international olympic committee has praised china, hailing its determination, efficiency and dynamism. 0ur china correspondent, stephen mcdonell is outside the water cube venue. stephen, talk us through what happening today. {jut stephen, talk us through what happening today-— happening today. out here, --eole happening toda...

>> well, hong kong and mainland china are a few places which continue with this zero covid strategy, dynamic zero covid strategy. this is a heavy hand, the whac-a-mole approach. you crack down on it at the first sign of an outbreak. could there be a lockdown? >> the whac-a-mole strategy weve been feeliing hard for th last several years. the question among residents, is there going to be a lockdown? is there going to be a wuhan style lockdown? that is something addressed on saturday by john lee, ...

Companies they see extraordinary efficiency and competence and provision of services for sure, but there are a lot of people who say we also see monopolies, places that make it very difficult for other -- other up and comers to compete. this is an argument that, you know, elizabeth warren makes all the time. is that basic critique fair about americas tech giants, that they are anti-competitive monopolies in some form or the other? >> its fair to say that we need stronger antitrust enforcement ag...

Which which time demographic vitality would have been an asset, but it took beijing years and years to change. now it appears efforts to reverse the policys effects may be too late. democracies for all their flaws can switch policy and policymakers with much greater ease. in washington these days many look enviously at the beijing governments efficiency and its ability to utes state power to generate economic growth. we wonder whether we need more direct industrial policy with government picking...

Ro, thank you for joining us. let me first ask you is it fair when people look at these tech companies they see extraordinary efficiency and competence and provision of services for sure, but there are a lot of people who say we also see monopolies, places that make it very difficult for other -- other up and comers to compete. this is an argument that, you know, elizabeth warren makes all the time. is that basic critique fair about americas tech giants, that they are anti-competitive monopolies...

Government. set is been driven by people who say we need a little more cash while the spending we have been doing. youre going to crack down on the little guys and try to squeeze it out of them. >> america, we know on the wish list if he can get his way but president biden also looking to bolster the sides of the irs you think we need 80000 more irs agents? >> note. [laughter] kim brings up an interesting point. if you look around the world that countries that dont grow and dont develop, they ha...

Banned drug there were two other legal substances that can treat the heart found in the sample from christmas day. according to the chief executive of the u.s. anti-doping agency, the benefits of the combination of the three substances, quote, seem to be aimed at increasing endurance, reducing fatigue and promoting great efficiency in using oxygen. these are story lines not going away just yet. elsewhere, novak djokovic would rather system the french and wimbledon rather than getting vaccinate...

Expert in sports medicine, the only possible advantage would be increased efficiency in terms of oxygen intake for endurance athletes like long-distance runners, cyclists, cross-country skiers at the olympics. but the counter to that is if youre taking, even a 15-year-old girl, and youre putting her through grueling training sessions, four, five hours at a time, then endurance would become a factor. and perhaps youre looking for only the tiniest of edges when it comes to competitions that are ju...

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That be? >> so the broad point of the piece is that we have a social insurance focus liberalism, which we should. lawrence, ive been working on things like health care for a very long time. what we lack across the ideological movement of american liberalism, but also across the -- s structure. is a technological mission of how the future can be better than the past, and how can government so they can make that. so there are a lot of problems that we actually need new things to solve. climate cha...