Sports

Insights 03/03/22, 21:25

In an unexpected twist in the decision by Olympic authorities, Russian and Belarusian athletes have been excluded from the Paralympic Games because of the war between Russia and Ukraine, a move Russian officials called "illegal" After announcing on Wednesday, that athletes from Russia and Belarus could compete, but only as "neutrals" ...

Insights 02/23/22, 20:46

After flying back to Germany, Olympic athlete Natalie Geisenberger recalled her uneasy decision to join the Games on February 17 on the ZDFheute Nachrichten with Markus Lanz. Despite China’s human rights records and the poor treatment during her training there, she decided that she would “go there for two weeks, ...

China 02/23/22, 19:08

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of China (MOFA) and the Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) refuted and condemned Yan Jiarong, the Beijing Winter Olympic Organizing Committee's spokesperson, for using the occasion of the Olympic Games to interfere with international sports activities through politics. Yan Jiarong expressed at a press ...

Insights 02/23/22, 16:36

Beijing's Olympic Winter Games ended on Feb. 20 amid controversy over the epidemic and human rights. On Feb. 21, the Foreign Correspondents' Club in China (FCCC) issued a statement, accusing the Chinese regime of repeatedly interfering with media coverage during the Games. The club expressed frustration that journalists were often ...

Insights 02/23/22, 16:20

As the curtain falls on the Beijing Winter Olympics, those athletes who were afraid to speak out on human rights issues for fear of reprisals from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) are beginning to make their voices heard. Nils van der Poel, the Swedish speed skater who won two gold medals ...

Insights 02/23/22, 08:14

U.S. figure skater Vincent Zhou said on Sunday Feb. 20, 2022, that he was marked as a Covid-19 "close contact" risk and was banned from the Winter Olympics closing ceremony. He took to his Instagram account to express his frustration with the organizers' decision. "Before boarding the bus to the stadium, they ...

Insights 02/23/22, 04:07

The 16-day Winter Olympics in Beijing ended on Sunday, Feb. 20. Unfortunately, unlike the last time China organized the competitions in 2008, international news this year is not fully inundated with awestruck comments. It was a setback that the ratings for the Beijing Winter Olympics were much lower than those for ...

China 02/21/22, 12:55

On Feb 19, Taiwan Premier Su Tseng-chang asked the Education Ministry and the Sports Administration to investigate the inappropriate words and actions of Taiwan's speed skater Huang Yuting during her participation in the Beijing Winter Olympics. Su's office said the premier believed Huang's actions were "extremely inappropriate" and has also ...

Insights 02/21/22, 12:07

China put out its Olympic flame at Beijing National Stadium on Sunday night (February 20th) to mark the end of the 2022 Winter Olympics. At this year's Winter Olympics, Norway finished first in the medal standings, setting a new national record with 16 gold, eight silver, and 13 bronze medals (or ...

China 02/20/22, 17:53

Digital tools such as bots and more than 3,000 fake Twitter accounts spread messages that positively influenced the Winter Olympics. These accounts were created recently and often had few followers, The New York Times reported on Feb. 18. The New York Times and ProPublica, the nonprofit investigative newsroom, found that the ...

Insights 02/19/22, 08:03

The Beijing 2022 Olympics has come to an end and the road it has traveled has been bumpy, with countless events of uproar, controversy and burning questions for the International Olympic Committee. The efforts to apply technology and expensive solutions are also highlighted, with the sad stories behind it. This ...

Economy 02/19/22, 03:07

According to Reuters, a top official from the Chinese central bank said China's new digital currency, the e-CNY, is being used to make $315,000 or more in payments per day inside the "closed loop" at the Beijing Winter Olympics. Bloomberg quoted Qu Songming, a manager of the operations team of the ...

Insights 02/18/22, 20:56

Luger Natalie Geisenberger, 34, won one individual and one team relay gold medal at the Winter Olympics. She has now returned to Germany and appeared in an interview on February 16 on the German TV channel "Markus Lanz." In the interview, she not only spoke of her joy at winning the ...

Insights 02/18/22, 20:49

The 2022 Olympics are less than a week old, yet controversy has already erupted. In the men's 1000m semifinals of short track speed skating on February 7, South Korea's Hwang Dae-Heon and Lee Jun-Seo were first and second, but the judges canceled their results because they had both fouled. The Korean ...

Insights 02/17/22, 13:26

Nikki Haley, a former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, said there "is no in-between" in how Olympic athletes make choices in choosing which country to represent. Calling out the athletes, she said that "you're standing for freedom or you're standing for human rights abuses." Haley made these remarks in an ...

Insights 02/16/22, 15:58

Winning the Winter Olympics gold medal representing China, freestyle skier Eileen Gu was showered with endorsement deals. Yet, the American-born Chinese could suddenly get "canceled" by the Chinese regime in the future.  Bryce Whitwam, adjunct professor of marketing at NYU in Shanghai, told Reuters, "It could be a simple Tweet, it ...