📱 The Winter Olympics will offer China the chance to showcase its push into virtual currency - a move that has alarmed diplomats and human rights campaigners
Ahead of an opening ceremony this Friday, Beijing’s Winter Olympics have been enveloped in controversy: marred by diplomatic boycotts, Covid restrictions and a row over the treatment of tennis champion Peng Shuai.
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