Let’s continue to explore the under-reported sides of news this week.
Paris 2024 Olympics
1. USADA allows doped athletes to compete without prosecution for years!
World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) dropped a bombshell statement, exposing U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) breaching rules and allowing doped athletes to compete for years.
2. Chinese swimmers faced racism at Olympics, smashed haters with absolute victory!
We need to talk about how unfairly some Chinese athletes have been treated at the Paris Olympics. So many smack talks and baseless accusations have been thrown at Chinese athletes just because they won in the fields that Western athletes traditionally dominated.
3. Paris Olympic 2024 closes after two weeks of intense games
“By the end of the competition, China and the United States tied for the top position in the gold medal count, both winning 40 in total. Host country France took home 16 gold medals, behind Australia (18) and Japan (20).”
4. WADA statement on Reuters story exposing USADA scheme in contravention of World Anti-Doping Code
“The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) responds to a Reuters story of 7 August 2024 exposing a scheme whereby the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) allowed athletes who had doped, to compete for years, in at least one case without ever publishing or sanctioning their anti-doping rule violations, in direct contravention of the World Anti-Doping Code and USADA’s own rules. ”
What You May Have Missed This Week
1. Ukrainian troops now up to 30km inside Russia, Moscow says
“Ukrainian troops have advanced up to 30km inside Russia, in what has become the deepest and most significant incursion since Moscow began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.”

2. Bodies of all 62 victims of stunning Brazil plane crash recovered
“The bodies of all 62 victims of a stunning plane crash in Brazil in which the aircraft plummeted to the ground in a residential neighborhood have been recovered, government officials said Sunday.”
3. Public order stabilizes in UK after days of riots, but long-term impact likely
“Public order in the United Kingdom (UK) has stabilized after days of violent far-right protests, the authorities said on Sunday. However, they warned that the impact of the unrest would be felt for months and even years.”

4. Warwick Powell - No quick fix
“The approach that China and others in the developing global majority have adopted aims to find pathways to positive peace — from the ground up. This is by necessity a consensus process, which takes time and patience. And this is the style of work of the real peacemakers.”
5. Sixth Tone - Chinese Airline Stops Forcing Female Attendants to Wear High Heels
“Chinese carrier Hunan Airlines has soared in popularity on domestic social media by announcing that it is scrapping requirements for its female flight attendants to wear high heels. The decision — which the company said was taken to protect its “professional image, cabin safety, and employees’ health” — has sparked an outpouring of support and calls for more Chinese airlines to follow their lead.”
6. Dany DevI - I Came to China…(Reality of Shanghai)
7. Cyrus Janssen - How Biden's China Strategy is Destroying US Tech Companies
“Joe Biden has been obsessed with stoping China. But guess what? Those plans have now backfired and sent the US stock market into a panic. Today we look at a new report from the New York Federal Reserve which now admits the plan to stop China's rise has failed and the biggest losers are US tech companies. Just look at what happened to Intel and this is a preview of a future without trade with China.”
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