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The Winter Games kicked off Friday night in Beijing with an eye-catching but scaled-back opening ceremony. The city has made history as the first to host both the Summer and Winter Games.
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The Beijing Olympics open at the end of this week, but the publicity battles are already well underway. The United States government is leading a diplomatic boycott of the games — but China’s government says leaders from 25 other countries will attend Friday’s opening ceremonies. HPR’s Bill Dorman has more in this Asia Minute.
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As COVID cases continue to rise across the islands and the country, there are also growing concerns in China. The current focus is a historic city in the center of the country — but there are also broader issues at stake. HPR’s Bill Dorman has more.
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Last week, the United States announced a “diplomatic boycott” of the Beijing Winter Olympics. While several American allies have joined the movement, the reaction has been more complicated in Northeast Asia. HPR’s Bill Dorman has more.
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This week, the Biden Administration announced it will stage a “diplomatic boycott” of the Beijing Winter Olympics—scheduled to get underway in February. A number of countries now face a potentially awkward policy choice---and that includes in the Asia Pacific region.
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Hawaiʻi State Department of Health School Advisory Council member Philip Bossert on new COVID-19 guidance as cases among the unvaccinated increase; Hui Manu-o-Kū volunteer Matt Saunter and founder Rich Downs on how to survey the nests of manu-o-Kū (White Terns); former state senator and surfing world champion Fred Hemmings on surfing's journey to the Olympics; and Lāʻie Elementary School sixth grader Keilani Tinkham on her Bon Dance project that won the top prize in a history competition.
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The opening ceremonies for the Olympics take place Friday in Tokyo. And while this year’s games have been disrupted by the coronavirus and controversy, the announcement about a future Olympics led to celebrations elsewhere in the Asia Pacific.
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The Conversation speaks with the Director of the State of Hawai'i Department of Taxation Isaac Choy about individuals needing to pay taxes for renting out cars to avoid penalties, and the father of USA Skateboarding Olympian Heimana Reynolds, Matt Reynolds, on not being able to watch his son live during the games in Tokyo.
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Authorities in Japan are on the verge of approving at least one more vaccine for the coronavirus. Right now, only the Pfizer vaccine has been cleared for…
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In a “normal year,” this would be a busy week for Japanese tourists visiting Hawai‘i. It’s the middle of “Golden Week”—a series of holidays that usually…