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Eileen Gu beim Big-Air Training in Peking China - Doppelpass
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With dual-citizenship to gold?

This week at the Winter Games, American-born Eileen Gu, two figure skaters, and a dozen or so Canadian and American ice hockey players will compete for China for the first time. Gu could take the first gold for China on Tuesday in the big air discipline. Just before the Olympics began, however, a debate erupted over her citizenship. Have Gu and the others been allowed to keep their old passports? Dual citizenship does not exist in China.

By Christiane Kuehl

China Russia 8104565 04.02.2022 Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and Chinese President Xi Jinping pose during their meeting at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, China. Alexei Druzhinin / Sputnik Beijing China PUBLICATIONxINxGERxSUIxAUTxONLY Copyright: xAlexeixDruzhininx
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Xi and Putin praise each other – and the Olympics

Vladimir Putin is the special guest at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Beijing. He is the first head of state to meet Xi Jinping in person in almost two years. The two are forging far-reaching plans that also involve Ukraine. The fact that the two authoritarian states are moving closer together is also the fault of the West.

By Michael Radunski

Opinion

Giant babies, rebels or new nationalists

China's young generation is very self-conscious, optimistic, and patriotic. China's global rise is already a fact to them. However, they have no desire to produce many grandchildren in the interests of population planning. The propaganda already wants to "hammer" into shape. And all of this is also related to the director of the Olympic show.

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211122 -- LUANCHUAN, Nov. 22, 2021 -- Cross-country skiing team members of Luanchuan County Special Education School Sun Jiaxin 1st R, Pei Fuxin2nd L, Wang Siyu1st L, Li Yinuo 2nd R and Liu Jiaohan 3rd R pose at the Funiu Mountains Ski Resort in Luanchuan County, central China s Henan Province, Nov. 18, 2021. Since 2019, Luanchuan County Special Education School began winter sports training among children on the campus by building cross-country skiing training slides, floor curling gyms and other facilities. Luanchuan County is located beside Funiu mountains, which gives these children chances to go skiing in the ski resorts. Despite physical obstacles affect their understanding of guidance and training efficiency, these children practice hard and very much enjoy themselves. In recent years, more than 30 children stepped out of the mountains to compete in several national special Winter games, Winterspiele,Spiele, Summer games and won about 60 medals. Five intellectually disabled children, Sun Jiaxin, Pei Fuxin, Wang Siyu, Li Yinuo, and Liu Jiaohan were pre-selected into the national team, Nationalteam of cross-country skiing for Special Olympics Winter Games. They are now preparing for the 12th Special Olympics World Winter Games. SPCHINA-HENAN-LUANCHUAN-SPECIAL EDUCATION SCHOOL-CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING-TRAINING LixAn PUBLICATIONxNOTxINxCHN
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Ski industry benefits from the Olympics

Enthusiasm for ice and snow sports is growing across China. The government hopes that the Winter Games will help create a massive new industry.

By Redaktion Table

Michael Brand (CDU), Mitglied im Menschenrechts-Ausschuss des Bundestages, fordert einen diplomatischen Olympia-Boykott
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'The IOC betrays the Olympic idea'

Michael Brand calls for a repositioning of Germany's China policy. Chancellor Scholz should take a clear position on the internment camps and human rights violations in Xinjiang demands the CDU's human rights politician. He questions whether Germany should prioritize its economy over all other interests. He demands more transparency from Volkswagen and Siemens. Brand considers the awarding of the Winter Olympics to Beijing a serious mistake. He complains, "The IOC has degenerated into a billion-dollar money machine." Felix Lee spoke with Brand.

By Felix Lee