The Latest Breaking News from Beijing

Beijing residents are coping with abrupt local lockdowns and sweeping COVID-19 testing requirements as the Chinese capital seeks to prevent a coronavirus outbreak ahead of the opening of the Winter Olympics in less than two weeks

Chinese President Xi Jinping met with International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach on Tuesday, just over a week before the start of the Winter Games, in a rare in-person encounter with a foreign visitor during the pandemic.

The 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics open in just over a week

Company hopes vaccine will be ready for approval by March; UK reports 439 deaths and more than nearly 95,000 cases

F-35C jet was conducting ‘routine flight operations’ when the incident happened, injuring at least seven sailors.

Flying chartered is a luxury often reserved for rock stars and royalty. But China’s approach to Covid, with officials determined to stamp out the virus, means that most of the 3,000 or so skiers, snowboarders, skaters and bobsleigh riders descending on Beijing for the Winter Olympics next month will be…

‘While our people suffer in camps and in prison we can’t enjoy the game even if we want to. It hurts’

Several countries have opted against sending diplomatic delegations to the Games

The Winter Olympics are set to return to Europe in 2026

Great Britain are targeting between three and seven medals in Beijing

China’s capital city is set to become the first to host both a Summer and Winter Games. The one problem? With virtually no natural snow to be found, the falling flakes will be fully fake.