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Young Americans are embracing ‘Chinamaxxing’. That’s a soft power boost for Beijing

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This article may be meeting you at a very Chinese time in your life. At least, if you’ve spent enough time recently on social media, where the phenomenon of “Chinamaxxing” has swept feeds with videos of people sipping hot water, shuffling around the house in slippers and donning a viral Adidas jacket resembling historic Chinese … Read more

Zoe Atkin: The world champion aiming to take Eileen Gu’s Olympic title is embracing fear

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Zoe Atkin was rooted to the spot as she looked down on the 22ft wall of ice. “I can’t do this,” she told herself. The halfpipe intimidated her. Her older sister, Isabel Atkin, Great Britain’s first skiing Olympic medallist, was more free-spirited. She would jump from ridiculous heights, shouting “Come on!” at her younger sister. … Read more