Golden is the word for Beijing 2022

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 2 (NsNewsWire) — Golden is the word for the second handshake between the Olympic Movement and China, the world’s most populous and fast-developing country. When the International Olympic Committee trusted Chinese capital Beijing and co-host Zhangjiakou with the 2022 Winter Olympic Games on Friday in Kuala Lumpur, it grasped a golden opportunity […]

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Xinhua launches social network accounts in Spanish

MEXICO CITY, Aug.  2 (Xinhua) — China’s Xinhua News Agency officially launched its Spanish accounts on social networks Twitter, Facebook and Youtube here Saturday. The launch ceremony took place in Xinhua’s Latin American regional headquarters in the Mexican capital and was attended by China’s Ambassador to Mexico, Qiu Xiaoqi, and the Director-General of International Media […]

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 Beijing to make great Olympic Games in 2022, says Plushenk

 BEIJING, Aug. 1  (NsNewsWire) — Evgeni Viktorovich Plushenk, Russia’s four-time figure skating Olympic medalist, said here Friday that he believes Beijing will make a great Olympic Games in 2022. In the wake of Beijing’s win on Friday in the bid to host the 2022 Winter Olympics, Plushenk, who is in Beijing to cheer for the city’s […]

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Beijing wins 2022 Winter Olympics

By Sportswriters Cao Jianjie and Lin HaoKUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Aug. 1 (Xinhua) — The International Olympic Committee (IOC) awarded the 2022 Winter Olympics to the city that hosted an “exceptional” Games in 2008 and promises to do even better this time. Beijing beat Almaty by 44 votes to 40, with one IOC member abstaining, to become […]

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Nearly half million evacuated as cyclone lashes Bangladesh

by Naim-Ul-Karim DHAKA, July 30 (Xinhua) — Bangladesh evacuated nearly half a million people as cyclone Komen closed in on the country’s southeast coastlines on Thursday, with winds uprooting trees and tearing into hundreds of flimsy homes. One person is confirmed to have died in St Martin’s Island near Cox’s Bazar, some 292 km southeast […]

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Expectations are high in China ahead of 2022 Olympic vote

BEIJING, July 30 (NsNewsWire) — Expectations are high in China as the vote on the 2022 Winter Olympics Games nears. “Good luck for Beijing, and I will pray for you,” said Li Maocuo, two days before the International Olympic Committee (IOC) decides to give the host right to Beijing, or Almaty, Kazakhstan. The 22-year-old Li, […]

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