Chinese officials have been accused of asking Russia to delay their invasion of Ukraine in order to avoid disruption to the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.
The country's athletes were permitted to compete in the Games, but only under the banner of the Russian Olympic Committee [ROC], and not their own national flag.
That sanction was due to the state-sponsored doping scandal that dates back to the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi, and the issue arose again in China when it emerged that teenage figure skater Kamila Valieva had tested positive for a banned substance.
