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Japan risks contaminating the whole world China

Beijing News 03 Nov 2023
Tokyo has begun releasing 540 Olympic-sized swimming pools worth of contaminated wastewater into the Pacific Ocean ... Japan is "blatantly and irresponsibly spreading the risk of contamination worldwide," Beijing's foreign ministry spokesperson, Wang Wenbin, said on Thursday at a press briefing, according to the ministry's website.
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Japan ‘risks contaminating’ the whole world – China

Russia Today 02 Nov 2023
Tokyo has begun releasing 540 Olympic-sized swimming pools worth of contaminated wastewater into the Pacific Ocean ... From late August, Japan began gradually releasing the equivalent of 540 Olympic-sized swimming pools of wastewater from the disabled nuclear facility in Japan’s east.
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Life skills improve lives for those with disabilities

Xinhua 10 Oct 2023
Around the year 2000, the school introduced sports such as swimming, table tennis and roller skating to the students ... "Swimming has little restrictions on limb coordination, which can help the students get more physical exercise," said Liu Tao, the school's swimming coach.
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Day 13 Roundup: Chinese teenager wins gold in 1st Asiad marathon swim as Indonesia denies hosts' clean sweep in dragon boat

People Daily 07 Oct 2023
China's teenager Wu Shutong won the first Asian Games gold medal in marathon swimming, while the hosts took five out of six golds in dragon boat at the Hangzhou Asiad ... Marathon swimming, also known as open water swimming, was introduced as an Olympic sport at Beijing 2008.
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Day 13 Roundup: Chinese teenager wins gold in 1st Asiad marathon swim

China.dot.org 07 Oct 2023
Wu Shutong (front) of China competes in the women's 10km of marathon swimming ... Marathon swimming, also known as open water swimming, was introduced as an Olympic sport at Beijing 2008.
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Marathon swimming begins with China's Wu winning gold at Asiad

Xinhua 06 Oct 2023
The event, also known as open water swimming, was introduced as an Olympic sport at the Beijing 2008 ... Marathon swimming begins with China's Wu winning gold at Asiad.
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Day 13 Roundup: Wu triumphs on Asiad debut, Indonesia denies hosts' clean sweep in dragon boat

China.dot.org 06 Oct 2023
6 (Xinhua) -- China's Wu Shutong emerged as the winner in the women's 10-kilometer in marathon swimming's Asian Games debut, while Indonesia's victory in the men's 1,000m ... Marathon swimming, also known as open water swimming, was introduced as an Olympic sport at Beijing 2008.
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Morning Kickoff: Sept. 30

The Bismarck Tribune 30 Sep 2023
MORNING KICKOFF. Saturday, Sept. 30. College football. U-Mary at Concordia-St ... College volleyball ... College hockey ... High school girls swimming ... Astana, Beijing; WTA ... Astana, Beijing; WTA. Tokyo, Beijing ... At a well-attended North Dakota Swimming and Diving festival, Century finished fourth behind Minot, Hutchinson, Minnesota and Fargo North in points with 233 ... .
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Poll shows rising public confidence in the military

Taipei Times 19 Sep 2023
A report by the Nikkei daily in February alleging that up to 90 percent of retired Taiwanese military officers who had traveled to China became spies for Beijing and reports in March that a Taiwanese soldier had allegedly defected by swimming from Kinmen to Xiamen in China’s Fujian Province likely harmed the armed forces’ image, he said.
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Swimming preview: Star-studded China squad expects Asian Games dominance

Jakarta News 17 Sep 2023
BEIJING, Sept. 17 (Xinhua) -- The Asian Games swimming competition will start on ...
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National Aquatics Center launches youth short course invitational

China.dot.org 15 Sep 2023
9 shows the swimming pool of the 2023 Water Cube Youth Short Course Invitational at the National Aquatics Center in Beijing ... To ensure fair competition, expertise from the referee team of the Beijing Swimming Association has been enlisted ... Short course swimming is one of the key global competitions under World Aquatics.
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TikTok ruling raises more questions about Chinese company’s safety standards

The Irish Times 15 Sep 2023
Irish watchdog’s €345m fine of TikTok - the fourth-largest penalty against Big Tech - shows Beijing-owned video-sharing app is firmly in sights of data regulators ... Photograph ... But TikTok, owned by ByteDance of Beijing, is now firmly in the sights of data regulators ... Sea swimming has become a battle of mind over matter. .
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Sports venues for Asian Games promote mass fitness

People Daily 09 Sep 2023
Children play water polo at Yingdong Natatorium, which was the sports venue for swimming at Beijing 1990 Asian Games, in National Olympic Sports Center in Beijing, capital of China, Aug ... Children swim at Yingdong Natatorium, which was the sports venue for swimming at Beijing 1990 ...
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China’s Pacific Games gifts stir controversy in Solomon Islands

Taipei Times 05 Sep 2023
Chinese President Xi Jinping and Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare shake hands in July at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China ... In addition to the stadium, Beijing has helped build sports facilities including a swimming pool, tennis courts and administration buildings.
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Chinese firms invest heavily in Israel – and are eager to do more

The Jerusalem Post 01 Sep 2023
We visited the Beijing National Aquatics Center, the bubble-sided “Cube” swimming and diving complex that China State built for the 2008 Beijing Olympics.  ... in Beijing ... Our Beijing hosts were so impressed by our ... In Beijing, every company man wore a suit and tie.

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