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China urges all parties to deescalate tensions in Ukraine

China urges all parties to deescalate tensions in Ukraine

China has called on all stakeholders to remain rational and avoid actions that will escalate tensions in Ukraine.

Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin said that China is closely monitoring the situation in Ukraine, and the Chinese embassy and consulates in the country are operating as usual.

The spokesperson also reaffirmed the importance of the Minsk-2 agreement.

Xu Mengtao wins Olympic women's aerials gold in freestyle skiing

China's Xu Mengtao has won the gold medal in the women's aerials event of freestyle skiing at Beijing 2022.

This is the fifth gold medal for Team China.

Gu qualifies for women's free ski slopestyle

Olympic big air champion Gu Ailing of China has qualified for the women's freestyle ski slopestyle competition.

The 18-year-old Chinese athlete, who is targeting three golds at her first Olympics, came third in the qualifiers with 79.38 points in her second run, after starting with a much safer first run.

Su Yiming enters men's snowboard big air final at Beijing 2022

Chinese athlete Su Yiming has qualified for the snowboard men's big air finals at the Beijing Winter Olympics.

With 92.50 and 62.75 points from his first and second runs, Su placed 5th among 12 qualifiers.

The finals on Tuesday will be the last competition for this 17-year-old snowboarder's first Olympic journey.

Ice technician at Beijing 2022 reveals secret to success in curling

Athletes may be the focus of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, but a great deal of hard work goes into keeping the venues in top form.

Veteran ice technician Mark Callan is part of a team of professionals that's providing venue maintenance services at the Games.

China vows better protection of Olympic symbols

China has been strengthening regulation on intellectual property rights to improve the protection of Olympic symbols.

Authorities say the effort is an integral part of promoting Olympic culture and spirits.

Former Afghan leader urges U.S. to return funds

Former Afghan President Hamid Karzai has urged the United States to return the national assets.

Washington is seeking to split seven billion U.S. dollars of frozen Afghan assets between humanitarian aid to Afghanistan and compensation for September 11 victims.

Karzai says the Afghan people are also victims of terrorism.