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Nike shoes aren't performance-enhancing drugs
News, Adam Minter, Published on 24/10/2023
» World records in marathons have toppled like track hurdles in recent weeks. Tigst Assefa, the new women's record holder, beat the old one by more than two minutes....
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Video game competitions should be in Olympics
News, Adam Minter, Published on 30/09/2023
» The hottest sports ticket in the Asia-Pacific right now isn't for a soccer match, an NBA exhibition game or even a swim meet. It's for the medal event debut of...
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'Insect apocalypse' coming to your neighbourhood
Oped, Adam Minter, Published on 03/08/2023
» An unusually large influx of tiny insects called aphids have been sucking on Dallas-area pecan trees in recent weeks. After they've had their fill, they "excrete"...
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Endangered species among virus victims
News, Adam Minter, Published on 13/05/2020
» Social distancing may save human lives, but it's wreaking havoc on some of the world's most threatened species.
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What's wrong with China's national champions?
News, Adam Minter, Published on 05/03/2019
» A year ago, Didi Chuxing Inc, China's largest ride-sharing company, looked like a quintessential "national champion". It had driven Uber Technologies...
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The wrong way to deal with doping
News, Adam Minter, Published on 04/02/2019
» At odds over trade, technology and geopolitics, the US and China do share one thing: They both "hate" doping, in the words of Chinese President Xi Jinping....
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Old phones may pose a 'security risk'
News, Adam Minter, Published on 12/11/2018
» That obsolete smartphone stashed away in a drawer or closet may not look like a national security risk, but the Trump administration is contemplating treating...
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Marriage in China breaks the bank
News, Adam Minter, Published on 01/10/2018
» Getting married isn't cheap in China. In Da'anliu, a small farming village outside Beijing, the local "bride price" -- the fee that a groom's family...
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How India could help in the transformation of Africa
News, Adam Minter, Published on 09/10/2018
» Over the last two decades, China has invested more than US$125 billion in Africa to build ports, highways, airports, railways and other infrastructure. Chinese...
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Interpol saga won't just hurt China
News, Adam Minter, Published on 11/10/2018
» The last message that now former Interpol president Meng Hongwei sent to his wife was an emoji depicting a knife. Soon after, he disappeared into China's feared...