Beijing officials have sealed off several residential communities north of the city centre after two cases of Covid-19 were found as the Chinese capital prepares to host the Winter Olympics opening ceremony on Friday. Another 34 cases were confirmed among… Read More »Beijing seals off several communities over two cases of Covid-19
China has reported a jump in Covid cases among athletes and team officials at the Beijing Winter Olympics. The number of daily Covid infections rose to 19 on Friday from two a day earlier, and Games organisers said more cases… Read More »Beijing Winter Olympics reports jump in daily Covid cases
Before Zhang Hua goes down for breakfast, he puts on a mask and rubber gloves. He leaves his hotel room and walks through halls while keeping a safe distance from others. Then he boards a specially commissioned bus driven along… Read More »Keeping the Olympics Covid-free: life inside Beijing’s ‘closed loop’ bubble
Rising temperatures caused by the escalating climate crisis mean future Winter Olympics will struggle to find host cities with enough snow and ice, according to a study. Only one of 21 previous Winter Olympics locations would be able to reliably… Read More »Rising temperatures threaten future of Winter Olympics, say experts
An army of western social media influencers, each with hundreds of thousands of followers on TikTok, Instagram or Twitch, is set to spread positive stories about China throughout next month’s Winter Olympics. Concerned about the international backlash against the Beijing… Read More »China hires western TikTokers to polish its image during 2022 Winter Olympics
Any athlete behaviour that is against the Olympic spirit or Chinese rules or laws will be subject to “certain punishment”, a Beijing 2022 official has said in response to a question about the possibility of athlete protests at next month’s… Read More »Protesting Winter Olympics athletes ‘face punishment’, suggests Beijing official
Tickets to the Beijing Winter Olympics will not be sold to the general public, but distributed to “targeted” groups, organisers have announced, in China’s latest attempt to control the spread of the highly-infectious Omicron Covid variant. Beijing reported its first… Read More »Winter Olympics tickets will not be sold as China seeks to contain Covid
The Chinese capital, Beijing, has reported its first locally transmitted case of Omicron coronavirus variant, state media reported on Saturday, less than three weeks before the Beijing Olympic Winter Games. An official at the city’s disease control authority said at… Read More »Beijing reports its first locally transmitted Omicron variant case