The Latest Breaking News from Beijing

The Beijing Winter Olympics begin on Feb 4 -- and not without controversy given they are taking place as Beijing wrestles with human rights issues.

Charlotte Bankes will be in Beijing to compete in snowboard cross yet the 26-year-old has represented France in two Winter Olympics, she tells Sean Ingle

Yorkshire snowboard star ready to go big in Beijing as she prepares to lead TeamGB medal bid in Slopestyle and Big Air events

BEIJING: The United States is paying athletes to “create disturbances” during the Beijing Winter Olympics, Chinese state media reported on Saturday.

Kathryn Thomson will spearhead Team GB's short track squad as she competes in her second Winter Olympics, writes Paul Eddison.

China’s GDP growth slowed significantly in fourth quarter, highlighting pressure on economy from lingering real estate crisis, Beijing’s tough ‘zero-Covid’ strategy and raging omicron variant

Chinese are traveling to their hometowns for the Lunar New Year, the country’s biggest family holiday, despite a government plea to stay where they are as Beijing tries to contain coronavirus outbreaks. The holiday, which starts with Chinese New Year's Eve on Monday, usually is the biggest annual movement of…

Chinese state media said the United States plans to "maliciously disrupt and spoil" the Beijing Winter Olympics by enticing athletes to make half-hearted efforts in competition and to criticize Beijing. A week before the Games begin amid tensions between the two superpowers, China Daily, an English-language newspaper run by the…

China's foreign ministry and an official newspaper have accused the United States of planning to interfere with and "sabotage" the Beijing Winter Olympics by paying athletes from some countries to make half-hearted efforts in competition and to criticise China.

The plan is to "incite athletes from various countries to express their discontent toward China.”

Taiwan Vice President William Lai wrapped up his visit to the United States and Honduras with a virtual meeting with U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi, in a further show of support from Washington for the Chinese-claimed island.