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Team Taiwan to skip Olympic ceremonies amid name row
No “Taipei, China” in the opening ceremonies: “Taiwan’s Olympic contingent of 15 athletes will not participate in the opening or closing ceremonies of the Games kicking off in Beijing next week, Taiwanese authorities said Friday, amid concern that Beijing will use the events to assert its jurisdiction over the island,” Nikkei Asia reports.
U.N. may visit Chinese region shrouded by rights accusations
The United Nations' human rights chief is talking with China for a potentially imminent trip to Xinjiang region, her office said on Friday, in what could provide rare close-up foreign scrutiny of accusations of abuses against ethnic Uyghurs.
China open to U.N. rights chief visiting Xinjiang, as long as she doesn’t do any investigating there
The UN rights chief can visit Xinjiang, “as long as she doesn’t do any investigating there,” the Washington Post reports. Beijing used the word “exchange” rather than “investigation” to describe the potential upcoming visit by Commissioner Michelle Bachelet, which might “go forward but only after the [Winter Olympic] Games have concluded, thereby delaying the release of a long-awaited UN report on alleged abuses in the region.” See also reports from the South China Morning Post and Reuters.
China's Walvax says has most participants for large mRNA COVID vaccine trial
New mRNA vaccine trials to proceed in China: “China’s Walvax Biotechnology has recruited most of the 28,000 participants needed for a large clinical trial of its mRNA COVID-19 vaccine candidate, a senior company official said on Thursday,” per Reuters.
China to 'perfect' legal rules against unfair competition
Crackdowns and common prosperity: “China will pick up the pace in ‘perfecting’ legal rules against unfair competition among companies,” according to a market watchdog official cited by Reuters. The focus will be on “the platform economy, technological innovation, information security and livelihoods.”
How Australia's PM presented WeChat account loss as a China threat
Australian prime minister loses WeChat account because of incompetence, CCP is blamed: “Scott Morrison lost control of his account, but analysts dispute claims Beijing was involved,” says the BBC.
Tencent will take US-listed streamer DouYu private: sources
New plan comes after merger with bigger Huya Inc blocked by regulators
The Chinese Watch Brand That Beat the Swiss
Chinese watchmaker competes with the Swiss, and wins: China International Great Art or CIGA Design was founded in Shenzhen in 2013, and has become the first Chinese brand to win a Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève, reports the New York Times.
China returns missing Indian teenager at disputed border
China has released the Indian teen who went missing last week in the two countries’ disputed Himalayan border. He had been captured by the PLA. “Thursday’s announcement from China came after India’s defense ministry said last week it had contacted China to request that it locate and return a 17-year-old Indian, Miram Tarom,” reports Al Jazeera.
Why China’s Buying Into the ‘Metaverse’ Hype
Has Beijing changed its mind on the metaverse? Last September, we reported that Chinese investors were piling into augmented and virtual reality “metaverse” products, despite official signals of caution about the industry. A piece in Sixth Tone by Nie Huihua, a professor of economics at Renmin University of China, explains why Beijing appears to have become more optimistic about the metaverse: “Boosting the metaverse can simultaneously promote the development of related industries — and key national and local priorities — like artificial intelligence and cloud computing.”
Taiwan has not been asked to change name of Lithuania office
Lithuania is mulling over whether to deescalate its China conflict by asking Taiwan to modify the name of its representative office in the capital, Vilnius, but no decision has been made. “Taiwan has not received a request to change the name of its de facto embassy in Lithuania, its foreign ministry said,” Reuters reports. This comes after news, also reported by Reuters, that some German businesses “have asked Lithuania’s political leaders to de-escalate the dispute or risk a corporate exodus.” Context on SupChina: Lithuanian president says Taiwan office naming was ‘a mistake’ after ‘unconventional measures’ from Beijing.
A comparison between COVID control in China and U.S.
Here’s a different view on China’s COVID policy: The Pekingnology newsletter has a translation of a January 18 post (in Chinese) by popular WeChat account Rèn Yì 任意, a.k.a. Chairman Rabbit, defending Beijing’s approach to COVID management.
Baidu's electric vehicle arm Jidu raises $400 million in new funding round
Baidu's electric vehicle (EV) arm Jidu Auto said on Wednesday that it had raised nearly $400 million from Baidu and Zhejiang Geely Holding Group in a fresh funding round.
