A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed today between Pyeongchang and Beijing, hosts of the next two Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games.

at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing in front of an audience that included the Presidents of China

 Moon is making his first official visit to China and the trip is being heralded as an opportunity

We expect this MoU to accelerate the improvement of bilateral relations between South Korea and China

 China and South Korea only ended a one-year long diplomatic dispute at the end of October and have

popular Chinese social media site Weibo to help promote its Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games across China

An initial feedback stage to begin a three-year process for devising the 2021 World Anti-Doping Code has been launched.

afterwards.Defining rules for meat contamination and whether low-level failures for steroid clenbuterol in Mexico and China

Chen Xingtong was one of three Chinese players to safely progress through to the women’s singles quarter-finals on the opening day of the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) World Tour Grand Finals in Astana.

Yuya Oshima from the men's singles competition ©ITTF/Rémy GrosThere was also considerable success for China

Japan finished top of the medal standings at the 2017 Asian Youth Para Games after adding a further 15 golds to their tally on the final day of action in Dubai.

 Iran came second in the standings with 39 golds, 44 silvers and 35 bronzes, while China finished

Italy's Margherita Porro and Sofia Leoni secured the first gold medal at the 2017 Youth Sailing World Championships in Sanya today with two races to spare in the girl's 29er class.

The duo have been in utterly dominant form at the Sanya Serenity Marina in China and took a 26-point

The Olympic Refuge Foundation Board have met for the first time in Lausanne to hold discussions on their pilot projects for 2018.

community based" approach.Bach and Grandi are joined on the Board by IOC vice-president Zaiqing Yu of China

A threat by the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) to scrap a mid-season break to allows its player to compete in the Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang if Russia was forced to take part under a neutral flag appears to have been dropped.

world after the NHL.Twenty-one of the teams are from Russia while there is one team each from Belarus, China

Germany’s Dimitrij Ovtcharov will be aiming to take over the top spot in the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) global rankings with a strong performance at the upcoming World Tour Grand Finals.

, and to ensure that the world ranking better supports ITTF events.World number two Fan Zhendong of China

The International Skating Union (ISU) is facing an uncertain commercial future, with testing markets for European TV rights and sponsorship adding to the question-marks arising from last week’s European Commission ruling on the federation’s eligibility rules.

marketplace cited as the main explanations.Meanwhile, whereas Asian TV markets, especially Japan and China

A new initiative to help boost trade in Birmingham has been launched in anticipation of the city being awarded the 2022 Commonwealth Games, 

opportunities between Commonwealth nations and key global markets from the United States, Middle East, China

I thought it would be interesting to look at the International Skating Union (ISU)’s 2016 financial report, in the wake of last week’s European Commission ruling on the federation’s eligibility rules.

incomes (especially in France and Russia)” although “developments in Asia (especially in Japan and China

Japan remain top of the medal standings following today's action at the 2017 Asian Youth Para Games in Dubai. 

 Iran are second in the standings with 26 golds, 26 silvers and 15 bronzes, while China are third

International University Sports Federation (FISU) officials have held a seminar with Asia and Oceania Continental Associations as they continue to encourage organisations implement their global strategy.

management with an overview of how the Australian University Games are conducted, while Federations from China

International Olympic Committee (IOC) Coordination Commission chairman John Coates has praised Tokyo 2020 for the attention given to reconstruction efforts in areas affected by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake.

import restrictions on farm and marine products, including rice.Hong Kong, the United States, Taiwan, China

South Korea plan to hold a nationwide shopping festival to try to make it more attractive to foreign tourists to visit the country during next year's Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang.

 The target areas for the new scheme include China, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Thailand, Vietnam and