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NBA legend Yao Ming quits after seven years as head of Chinese basketball

Oct 31, 2024 | thestar.com.my | Matthew C Walsh

BEIJING (AFP): NBA legend Yao Ming has quit as head of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) after seven years in the job because of the national team's poor performances, he said late on Thursday. Basketball is immensely popular in China and the former Rockets centre is the country's most famous star, even after he retired from playing in 2011.
Chinese Swim Fans Hit Back At Doping Claims As Pan Takes Gold

Aug 1, 2024 | barrons.com | Sam Davies |Matthew C Walsh

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China's Xi hails 'resilient' economy in bullish New Year speech

Dec 31, 2023 | gonzagabulletin.com | Matthew Walsh |Oliver Hotham |Matthew C Walsh

President Xi Jinping said Sunday the Chinese economy had grown "more resilient and dynamic" in 2023, despite financial figures continuing to disappoint as the post-Covid recovery stalls. He also promised in a bullish New Year's address to the nation that China would "surely be reunified" -- a reference to the self-ruled island of Taiwan, which Beijing claims as its own and has pledged to seize.
China's first homegrown passenger jet makes maiden commercial flight

May 28, 2023 | ibtimes.co.uk | Matthew C Walsh

China's first domestically produced passenger jet made its maiden commercial flight on Sunday, a milestone event in the nation's decades-long effort to compete with Western rivals in the air. Beijing hopes the C919 commercial jetliner will challenge foreign models like the Boeing 737 MAX and the Airbus A320, though many of its parts are sourced from abroad.
China's first homegrown passenger jet makes maiden commercial flight

May 28, 2023 | techxplore.com | Matthew C Walsh

China's first domestically produced passenger jet made its maiden commercial flight on Sunday, a milestone event in the nation's decades-long effort to compete with Western rivals in the air. Beijing hopes the C919 commercial jetliner will challenge foreign models like the Boeing 737 MAX and the Airbus A320, though many of its parts are sourced from abroad.
China's first homegrown passenger jet makes maiden commercial flight

May 25, 2023 | sinodaily.com | Matthew C Walsh

China's first homegrown passenger jet makes maiden commercial flightBy Matthew WALSHBeijing (AFP) May 28, 2023 China's first domestically produced passenger jet made its maiden commercial flight on Sunday, a milestone event in the nation's decades-long effort to compete with Western rivals in the air. Beijing hopes the C919 commercial jetliner will challenge foreign models like the Boeing 737 MAX and the Airbus A320, though many of its parts are sourced from abroad.
What actually is a treaty? What could it mean for Indigenous people?

Apr 2, 2023 | theconversation.com | Harry Hobbs |Heidi Norman |Matthew C Walsh

This is the second article in our series explaining Voice, Treaty and Truth. Read the first article in the series here. The Uluru Statement from the Heart calls for Voice, Treaty and Truth. These aspirations are intended as a sequence of reforms, that advance towards a just settlement with First Peoples. The federal government is committed to holding a referendum later this year to put an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice in the Australian Constitution.