A loud cry for peace
UAt 9:02 p.m. local time, Chinese President Xi Jinping spoke the traditional opening formula. But instead of being a sign of peace, the Paralympics start under the impression of the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine, and the sport has long been overshadowed. Andrew Parsons, the President of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC), gave an […]
an icy climate for an opening in the middle of a Ukrainian storm
Published on : 04/03/2022 – 13:09Modified : 04/03/2022 – 14:07 The Paralympic Winter Games opened on Friday in Beijing in a climate weighed down by the extra-sporting context of the Russian invasion in Ukraine which led to the exclusion of Russian and Belarusian athletes. Threats of boycott, tensions between athletes, exclusion at the last moment […]
To support Peng Shuai, the WTA suspends the women’s tournaments planned in China – Liberation
Peng Shuai, the mystery of the “disappeared” Chinese tennis playerdossier The Chinese player had disappeared after accusing a former leader of the Chinese regime of sexual abuse, provoking an unprecedented wave of mobilization in the world of tennis. They block. “Whatever the financial consequences”, the WTA announced on Wednesday the suspension of women’s tennis tournaments […]
Disturbing reality in the Peng Shuai case: under supervision
EThere is a passage in the interview that two journalists from “L’Equipe” conducted with tennis player Peng Shuai that gives a glimpse into the world in which almost all Chinese athletes live. On November 2, Peng Shuai posted allegations that the Communist Party official with whom she had been having an affair years earlier had […]
Pressure on China over quarantine issue
AApart from any political discussion, the serious weaknesses of the Olympic Winter Games in Beijing became visible on their opening weekend. The complaints have hit the International Olympic Committee (IOC) at its most sensitive point: they come from the athletes. Beijing, shortly after eleven o’clock on Sunday morning. Christophe Dubi, the Executive Director of the […]
New Silk Road: Chinese Stadium Diplomacy (nd-aktuell.de)
Senegalese wrestlers at the handover ceremony of the National Wrestling Arena built with Chinese help during the Chinese President’s visit to Dakar. Photo: dpa/MAXPPP/Aliou Mbaye Hundreds of people line the streets of Dakar in July 2018, applauding and waving Chinese flags. During his state visit to the Senegalese capital,