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Medal predictions for the Beijing Olympics

Feb. 01, 2022 03:13 AM EST
BEIJING (AP) — ALPINE SKIING Downhill Men Gold: Aleksander Aamodt Kilde, Norway Silver: Matthias Mayer,...

Japan's Nana Takagi skates during the women's 1500-meter competition at the ISU World Cup speedskating event in Calgary, Alberta, Sunday, Dec. 12, 2021. (Jeff McIntosh/The Canadian Press via AP)
Bowe, US men win titles at World Cup speedskating in Calgary

Dec. 12, 2021 10:59 PM EST

China looks to extend table tennis domination at Tokyo Games

By Foster Klug Jul. 02, 2021 12:46 PM EDT
TOKYO (AP) — HIGHLIGHTS FROM RIO: China won all four gold medals in Rio. It was China versus China in the women’s singles gold medal match, with Ding Ning...

Residents watch a fountain show along the Wangfujing shopping district in Beijing Tuesday, May 11, 2021. The number of working-age people in China fell over the past decade as its aging population barely grew, a census showed Tuesday, adding to economic challenges for Chinese leaders who have ambitious strategic goals. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
China adds few babies, loses workers as its 1.4B people age

By Joe Mcdonald And Huizhong Wu May. 11, 2021 03:07 AM EDT

A couple wearing face masks and a child on an electric-powered scooter pass by a man holding an infant as he chats with another man near a sculpture outside a shopping mall in Beijing on Saturday, May 8, 2021. China’s population growth is falling closer to zero as fewer couples have children, the government announced Tuesday, May 11, 2021, adding to strains on an aging society with a shrinking workforce. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
1.4B but no more? China's population growth closer to zero

By Joe Mcdonald And Huizhong Wu May. 10, 2021 10:27 PM EDT

Bridesmaids gather during a wedding banquet in Beijing on Saturday, Dec. 12, 2020. Lovebirds in China are embracing a sense of normalcy as the COVID pandemic appears to be under control in the country where it was first detected. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
AP PHOTOS: Tying the knot without a face mask in China

By Ng Han Guan Dec. 30, 2020 08:06 PM EST

Beef products from New Zealand with a QR-code linked to its coronavirus test results are displayed at a supermarket in Beijing, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2020. China has stirred controversy with claims it has detected the coronavirus on packages of imported frozen food. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
China stepping up virus testing on imported food packaging

Nov. 25, 2020 05:22 AM EST

Jin leads the way in men's short program at Cup of China

Nov. 06, 2020 07:17 AM EST
CHONGQING, China (AP) — Chinese skater Boyang Jin had no trouble adjusting to a new program and finished first in the short program at the Cup of China on...

In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, speaks during fifth plenary session of the 19th CPC Central Committee in Beijing on Oct 29, 2020. China's leaders are vowing to make their country a self-reliant "technology power" after a meeting to draft a development blueprint for the state-dominated economy over the next five years. (Ju Peng/Xinhua via AP)
China's leaders vow to become self-reliant technology power

By Joe Mcdonald Oct. 29, 2020 07:21 AM EDT