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Olympics Chief to Meet Tennis Star Peng on Sidelines of Beijing Games

(Bloomberg) -- International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach will meet Peng Shuai during the Beijing Games, the global sports organization said, in the latest effort to ease concerns about the Chinese tennis star at the center of a political storm.

Beijing , China , Australia , White-house , District-of-columbia , United-states , Zhang-gaoli , Liaoning , Chinese , Australian , Peng-shuai , Thomas-bach

A Defining Moment for the Roberts Court

(Bloomberg Opinion) -- It’s no exaggeration to say American women are staring down the barrel of the biggest attack on their rights in generations. As the U.S. Supreme Court considers the case of Dobbs v.

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Beijing Winter Olympics Will Spotlight a Richer, More Confident China

(Bloomberg Businessweek) -- For China, hosting the 2008 Summer Olympics was a chance to prove it could hold its own among the great global powers. When the world tunes in for the opening ceremonies of the 2022 Winter Olympics on Feb. 4, a very different China will be in the spotlight.

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Taiwan Just Bought 20,000 Bottles of Rum China Didn't Want

(Bloomberg) -- A Taiwanese company purchased 20,400 bottles of Lithuanian rum that China refused to allow into the country to show support for the Baltic nation amid diplomatic tensions, according to the South China Morning Post.

State-owned Taiwan Tobacco and Liquor Corp.

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European Human Rights Court Takes Up Norway Arctic Drilling Case

(Bloomberg) -- The European Court of Human Rights is asking Norway to respond to charges by activists that allowing new oil and gas drilling in the Arctic during an environmental crisis may breach fundamental freedoms.

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SenseTime's Red-Hot Debut Makes Professor One of World's Richest People at $4 Billion

(Bloomberg) -- SenseTime Group Inc. co-founder Tang Xiao’ou has become one of the world’s richest people, after the Chinese AI champion blew past concerns about American sanctions to surge as much as 23% on its Hong Kong debut.

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Ruth Pollard's View to 2022: Populists, Protests and Democracy

(Bloomberg Opinion) -- What to Expect in 2022:

Democratic rights in Asia have been under threat this past year, as leaders from India to Myanmar and Indonesia cracked down on protests, jailed activists and journalists, and took advantage of pandemic restrictions to stifle dissent.

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Who Saw the Collapse of the USSR Coming?

(Bloomberg Opinion) -- On Dec. 25, 1991, unable to overcome the blow dealt by a hardline coup months earlier and by independence movements in Soviet republics, Mikhail Gorbachev resigned.

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Biden Signs Bipartisan Law Punishing China Over Uyghur Treatment

(Bloomberg) -- President Joe Biden on Thursday signed into law a bill banning goods from China’s Xinjiang region unless companies can prove they aren’t made with forced labor, in a move that will add to tensions over Beijing’s treatment of the nation’s Uyghur minority.

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U.S. Terminates Duty-Free Trade Access to Ethiopia Over Conflict

(Bloomberg) -- Ethiopia’s duty-free export access to the U.S. has been revoked by President Joe Biden due to its failure to meet the requirements, according to the White House. The action comes after 13 months of civil war in the country.

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