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(Qatar) Qatar blockade ends: BeIN Sports unofficially returns to Saudi Arabia (Middle East Eye)

Riyadh cafes broadcast banned Doha-based broadcaster, as Qatar expected to drop $1bn piracy lawsuit against Riyadh https://www.middleeasteye.net/qatar-saudi-arabia-bein-sports-returns-blockade

(Turkey/Twitter/Pinterest) Turkey hits Twitter and Pinterest with ad ban for resisting new social media law (Middle East Eye)

Ragip Soylu Twitter and Pinterest have yet to assign a legal representative in Turkey, leading ministers to warn of 'digital fascism' https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/turkey-twitter-pinterest-ad-ban-social-media-law

(Israel) Why calling Israel an apartheid state is not enough (Middle East Eye)

Lana Tatour Report from B'Tselem highlighting Israel's apartheid character is a welcome development, but this finding cannot be divorced from the state's oppressive settler-colonialism https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/why-calling-israel-apartheid-state-not-enough

(China/Malaysia/Economy) Imported industrial parts from Malaysia test positive for COVID-19: East China’s Dongyang city (Global Times)

A batch of imported industrial parts from Malaysia, transported via East China's Hangzhou customs on January 15, have tested positive for coronavirus, authorities in...

(China/Economy) Traffic jams in North China’s Hebei Province may lead to higher prices (Global Times)

By Tao Mingyang China's top steel-producing province is witnessing a jam in the transportation of the vital industrial material - a collateral damage of the...

(China/Economy) Hubei’s GDP drops 5% in 2020, set to stage hefty growth in 2021 (Global Times)

The economy of the coronavirus-stricken Central China's Hubei Province contracted 5 percent last year to 4.34 trillion yuan ($669.45 billion), but all major indicators...

(China/Economy) China’s retail sales set to growth 15-20% in 2021 (Global Times)

As China has just revealed encouraging economic figures for 2020, some Western media organizations are focusing attention on the country's sluggish growth in consumer...

(China/BRI/Economy) No key project involved in BRI suspended for COVID-19: SASAC (Global Times)

None of the key projects involved in China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) have been suspended for reasons connected with COVID-19, a Chinese official...

(China/Europe/Economy) China-Europe freight trains reaching 12,000 in 2020, up 50% (Global Times)

The number of China-Europe freight trains has continue to surge, rising by over 50 percent to an aggregate 12,406 in 2020, against the backdrop...

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