One Cypriot to take part in 2022 Winter Olympics
By Lanting Liu Alpine skier Yiannos Kouyoumdjian will be Cyprus’ sole representative at the Winter Olympics next month in Beijing, the Cyprus Olympic Committee announced...
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China’s Beijing to maintain Covid emergency status as Winter Olympics loom
China’s capital Beijing urged all its local districts on Saturday to maintain “full emergency mode” as the city continued to report new local coronavirus cases,...
Hong Kong tips Beijing’s balance quandary
By Edward Hadas It may all make sense to Xi Jinping. For the Chinese leader, dissent, as seen in the Hong Kong protests, leads to...
China’s premier pledges further market opening
China will open up its economy further, and its door to the outside will only get wider, with foreign and domestic firms allowed to compete...
Woman killed, 12 injured in Beijing mall knife attack
A woman was killed and 12 other people injured after a man carried out a knife attack in a mall in a busy shopping district...
China’s new ‘Silk Road’ cannot be one-way, France’s Macron says
French President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday China and Europe should work together on Beijing’s ‘Belt and Road’ initiative, a project aiming to build a modern-day ‘Silk Road’ he...
US warship challenges Beijing’s claims in South China Sea
A US Navy warship sailed within 12 nautical miles of an artificial island built up by China in the South China Sea, US officials said...
Hong Kong police use pepper spray in Beijing oath-taking protest
Hong Kong police fired pepper spray at protesters on Sunday, as hundreds of activists rallied outside the office of Beijing’s representative in the territory to...
Cyprus visa centre in Beijing inaugurated
The inauguration of the first visa application centre (VAC) in China took place at the Cypriot embassy in Beijing on Tuesday night, CNA reported on...
Cyprus’ first visa centre in China to open in Beijing on April 20
The Cyprus embassy in Beijing on Wednesday announced the commencement of an agreement to open visa application centres (VAC) in China with the commercial company...
