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Human rights groups allege "significant gaps" in IOC audit of uniform suppliers

  • Beijing 2022

Two leading human rights groups have accused the International Olympic Committee (IOC) of failing to conduct due diligence to ensure that its Beijing 2022 uniforms were connected to forced labour in Xinjiang.

Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang marred the build-up to the Winter Olympics, with some activists accusing China

of committing "genocide" and being unfit to host the Games.In Xinjiang, China has faced accusations

it isn’t sourcing products linked to forced labour and human rights abuses in the Uyghur region of China

 "This shows that the cotton comes from outside of China."

or to Xinjiang, they're pretty global, but they're particularly severe constraints in a China context


Get to Know Hangzhou

  • Hangzhou 2022 Sponsored Section Pages

Located close to the Pacific Ocean in Eastern China, Hangzhou is the capital of Zhejiang Province.

centigrade in July and drop to around eight degrees in January.Hangzhou is situated to the east of China

Osaka, Singapore, Madrid, Amsterdam and Doha, as well as more than 50 Chinese cities.Thirty cities in China

strategic importance to China's leaders.Others have described it as one of two miracles of classical China

 A popular dish is Dongpo pork - belly pork served in a thick gravy.The China Academy of Art was


History of Asian Games

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Politics were playing a big part behind the scenes as, succumbing to pressure from Arab countries and China

Japanese militant sect.Politics played a major role as the action got underway with the Arab nations, China

September and October 1990.This was the first large-scale international sports event to be hosted by China

of the Asian Games took place in Guangzhou in November 2010.Guangzhou thus became the second city in China

, officially opened Guangzhou 2010 at the Guangdong Olympic Stadium.Hosts China topped the medal table


OCA Acting President thanks Hangzhou 2022 Organising Committee

  • Hangzhou 2022

Raja Randhir Singh, the Acting President of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA), has thanked the Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games Organising Committee (HAGOC) for all their hard work and efforts.

sports, 61 disciplines and 482 events held in 55 venues around Hangzhou and Zhejiang province in eastern China


China provides additional workers to Solomon Islands for 2023 Pacific Games

  • Solomon Islands 2023

has pushed forward with preparations for the 2023 Pacific Games by recruiting additional workers from China

 Last year, Chinese state company China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation won the bid to

relations between the two countries broke down.The Solomon Islands built diplomatic relations with China

instead and agreed to allow China to construct venues and facilities in 2020.Mathew Wale, Solomon Islands

“Let us have the same determination of our PRC (People's Republic of China) friends who came to project


David Owen: Valieva, the weaponisation of sport and the premium value of Olympic time

  • Inside the Blogs

Not being in Beijing, I have taken the view, until now, that I should leave commentary pertaining to Kamila Valieva to colleagues who are.

these rather desultory Winter Games - with the possible, and admittedly important, exception of inside China

only things which Beijing 2022 will be remembered for across large chunks of the planet are Valieva, China-related


Field for FIBA Women's World Cup in Sydney complete after Russia beat Puerto Rico

  • Basketball

Russia completed the 12-nation field for the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) Women’s World Cup in Sydney after a comfortable 102-68 victory against Puerto Rico at Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic

Canada and Japan in Osaka.Group A in Belgrade saw Australia, Serbia and South Korea qualify, while China







Beijing 2022 report no new COVID cases inside closed loop for first time

  • Beijing 2022

There were no positive COVID-19 cases reported inside the closed loop in a 24-hour period for the first time since the system came into operation prior to the Winter Olympics here, new figures published here today revealed.

coronavirus tests have been conducted so far during the Games-time period.With a “zero-COVID” strategy, China


Humphries wins inaugural women's monobob gold after US switch at Beijing 2022

  • Bobsleigh and Skeleton

Kaillie Humphries claimed the first-awarded women's monobob gold medal today, topping the podium for her adopted nation United States, at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games.

arriving at the Games, making her a doubt for the monobob competition.She had brought her family to China


Chinese film star becomes ice hockey ambassador as Beijing 2022 push continues

  • Beijing 2022

Film star Wu Jing has become ice hockey’s first ambassador in China with a mission to popularise the

 "Ice hockey is very worth watching and winter sports are growing in popularity in China."

I would like to help promote ice hockey in China.

nbsp;"I hope that more and more children and families can participate in  this great team sport,"China