Team GB launches heat-resistant official kit for Tokyo Olympics
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6 May 2021 • 3:51pm
Team GB athletes pose in the new kit that will be worn at this summer s Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan
Credit: ADIDAS
It was accused of being “too blue” after Stella McCartney was brought in to design it. But there was no mistaking the red on the new British Olympic and Paralympic kit unveiled on Thursday.
A bold red stripe within a deconstructed Union flag is the most prominent feature of the Adidas-designed clothing that will be worn by Team GB and ParalympicsGB athletes at the postponed Tokyo Games.
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The recent detention of alleged Chinese spies in Afghanistan, who were reportedly in contact with the Taliban-aligned Haqqani Network, gave a rare glimpse of Beijing’s counterterror operations and policies. Afghanistan’s Wakhan Corridor in the country’s far north Badakhshan Province a narrow strip of land that meets around Tajikistan, Pakistan, and China has long been Beijing’s area of interest with regard to its attempts to control the Uyghur population and the insurgencies that emit from it. For this, China has previously reported thinking of setting up a military base in Afghanistan, already having a base just 12 kilometres from Wakhan in Tajikistan and a strong outreach to the Taliban, both officially and unofficially.
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The recent detention of alleged Chinese spies in Afghanistan, who were reportedly in contact with the Taliban-aligned Haqqani Network, gave a rare glimpse of Beijingâs counterterror operations and policies. Afghanistanâs Wakhan Corridor in the countryâs far north Badakhshan Province â a narrow strip of land that meets around Tajikistan, Pakistan, and China â has long been Beijingâs area of interest with regard to its attempts to control the Uyghur population and the insurgencies that emit from it. For this, China has previously reported thinking of setting up a military base in Afghanistan, already having a base just 12 kilometres from Wakhan in Tajikistan and a strong outreach to the Taliban, both officially and unofficially.