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More tech firms leaving China should not come as surprise: Analyst

Anadolu Agency 04 Nov 2021
This week both US-based web giant Yahoo and Epic Games' popular battle game Fortnite pulled out of China ... "If you’re an online game creator aiming to be active in China, you have to make a facial recognition program, as companies have to know whether the person playing the game is 18 or younger.
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EXPLAINER: Why are foreign tech firms pulling out of China?

The Roanoke Times 04 Nov 2021
WHICH FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES HAVE RECENTLY DOWNSIZED OPERATIONS OR LEFT CHINA? ... Epic Games, which operates the popular video game Fortnite, also says it will pull the game out of the China market as of Nov ... The game was launched in China via a partnership with the China's largest gaming company, Tencent, which owns a 40% stake in Epic.
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Technology goes for gold at Winter Olympics

China Daily 04 Nov 2021
Li Lihui, former president of Bank of China and head of the blockchain research working group at the National Internet Finance Association of China, said earlier that the upcoming 2022 Winter Olympic Games in Beijing will likely prove to be a breakout phase for digital renminbi.
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Shao: China's talents must set sights on Europe

China.dot.org 04 Nov 2021
"We played a couple of bad games in the opening stretch ... Next up for China are two crucial "home" games-against Oman on Nov 11 and Australia five days later ... China's sole representative in the major European leagues is Spain-based striker Wu Lei, who is struggling for game time with La Liga's Espanyol.
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Mountain venues pose dramatic tech challenges

China Daily 04 Nov 2021
Also, a very fast, three-gigabit network is expected to cover the entire Zhangjiakou area, said Liu Huaxue, deputy director of the 2022 Winter Olympics office of China Unicom, the official telecom service provider for the Games ... China Unicom plans to deploy over 10,000 terminals and nearly 5,000 employees across the Games' different sites, Liu said.
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Foreign media welcome at Olympics

People Daily 04 Nov 2021
Beijing said on Tuesday it is committed to preparing for the 2022 Winter Olympic Games in an open way and has always welcomed media outlets around the world to come to report on the events ... "Of course, we understand the attention all the media have given to the preparation of the 2022 Winter Games.
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American businesses should stand behind Yahoo in standing up to China

Las Vegas Sun 04 Nov 2021
Citing the Chinese government’s sweeping regulatory crackdown on the tech, education, gaming and entertainment industries in recent months, Yahoo said it was shutting down access to its services and walking away from mainland China ... Facebook’s approach in China is repellant, especially now in the face of spiraling repression.
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US should pivot away from "China threat" obsession

China Daily 04 Nov 2021
For those with the obsolete thinking and entrenched ideological bigotry, China's impressive development and achievements are always viewed through the same prism of a you-win-I-lose geopolitical game, exactly the way in which the United States once reacted to the Soviet Union's achievements in the Cold War years.
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IOC hails 'great job' by 2022 organizers

China Daily 04 Nov 2021
Cai Qi, secretary of the Communist Party of China Beijing municipal committee and president of the Beijing 2022 Organizing Committee, and Juan Antonio Samaranch Jr., chairman of the IOC Coordination Commission, provided updates on the final stretch of preparations for the Games.
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Study Shows COVID-19 Pandemic Diminished Life Expectancy Around the Globe in 2020

Voa News 04 Nov 2021
Enthusiasm for the Games, which are slated to be held in February, is running high despite ongoing outbreaks of COVID-19 cases across China, prompting authorities to impose a “zero-COVID” policy that includes widespread testing and strict lockdowns to blunt the spread of the virus.
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China keeps close eye on ports of entry to cut Covid-19 risks

Straits Times 04 Nov 2021
BEIJING (REUTERS, BLOOMBERG) - China is on high alert at its ports of entry as strict policies on travel in and out of the country are enforced to reduce Covid-19 risks amid a fresh domestic outbreak, less than 100 days from the opening of the Beijing Winter Olympics.
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Punish pro-Beijing entertainers

Taipei Times 04 Nov 2021
Just as all this is happening, Taiwanese singer Jam Hsiao (蕭敬騰), known as the king of the Golden Melody Awards, was invited to sing Beijing Olympics theme songs and record a video to start the 100-day countdown to the Games ... This means that he agrees that Taiwan belongs to China.
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Tencent bolsters its efforts in semiconductors by launching three new chips

Invezz 04 Nov 2021
00700), the biggest gaming company in China and globally, launched three new chips it created in-house ... China has made this a strategic priority for its technology industry. Besides being the operator of the most popular messaging service in China, WeChat, Tencent is also investing in the cloud computing and chip space for diversification purposes.
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Debating who nukes whom

Korea Times 04 Nov 2021
With those immortal words, the Japanese surrendered unconditionally, giving up all the territories they had conquered, from the Dutch East Indies, now Indonesia, to French Indochina, meaning Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos, to portions of China, including Manchuria, to the Korean peninsula.
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China’s advice to store up necessities sparks panic-buying and speculation of Taiwan war

The Los Angeles Times 04 Nov 2021
Is China going to war with Taiwan?. The answer is probably not — most analysts think military hostilities are not imminent — but the posts on social media show that the possibility is on people’s minds in China and drew out a flurry of war-mongering comments ... makes chips for iPhones, video game consoles and fighter jets.
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