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Beijing promises to be an off-piste, off-page and off-putting pandemic Olympics

If Covid precautions were strictly enforced at last summer’s delayed Tokyo Games, Beijing will take things to a whole new level

The Independent UK

Beijing Olympics open amid lockdown and boycotts

Chinese President Xi Jinping declared the Games open during an opening ceremony heavy on ice-blue tones and winter imagery that was held in the same lattice-encased National Stadium that hosted the inaugural event at the 2008 Olympics.

Chicago Sun-Times

Winter Olympics: 11 key moments from Beijing 2022 opening ceremony

Spectacular lighting of the Olympic flame follows an understated but beautifully realised opening ceremony

The Guardian - UK

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Luger racing at Winter Olympics 12 years after cousin died in same event

Georgian luger Saba Kumaritashvili has paid the perfect tribute to his late cousin Nodar after qualifying to compete in this month's 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics

Daily Mirror

Beijing Olympics: Vladimir Putin ‘falls asleep’ during opening ceremony

The Russian president apparently nodded off as the Ukrainian team walked in

The Independent UK

Breaking EU ranks, Polish leader in Beijing diplomacy push

Alone among his fellow European Union leaders, Poland’s president is in Beijing for the Winter Olympics opening in what his office said was a bid to maintain good ties with China and lobby for an easing of Russia-Ukraine tensions

The Independent UK

Winter Olympics: Explaining difference between moguls, slopestyle and big air

There are various freestyle and snowboard disciplines taking place at the 2022 Games in Beijing

The Independent UK

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The Mysterious Case of the Missing Luge Equipment

In the qualification races ahead of the Beijing Olympics, many competitors were left without their sleds and other vital items after they were seized by Chinese officials. Team USA's Jonny Gustafson details the chaotic and confusing situation.

Sports Illustrated

Beijing welcomes Winter Olympics against backdrop of politics and the pandemic

Half full Bird’s Nest Stadium hosts a short but colourful opening ceremony.

The Independent UK

Protesters denounce Winter Olympics with mock medals for China’s ‘record-breaking atrocities’

Uyghur, Tibetan and Hong Konger demonstrators in London claim IOC is helping China to ‘sportswash’ global image

The Independent UK

Tibetans hold hunger strike in Dharamshala to protest Beijing Games

DHARAMSALA: A group of Tibetan activists held a daylong hunger strike here to protest the Winter Olympics that opened in Beijing on Friday.

The Times of India

Beijing Olympics: why Pakistan is sending one athlete and eight ministers to the winter Games

There may be a diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Winter Olympics by a number of western countries, including Canada, Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States, but Pakistan is sending a high level delegation. The prime minister, Imran Khan, and seven of his ministers were at the opening ceremony…

The Conversation

Factbox-Moscow-Beijing partnership has 'no limits'

China's President Xi Jinping and Russia's Vladimir Putin met in Beijing on Friday and announced a strategic partnership that they said was aimed at countering the influence of the United States and that would have "no 'forbidden' areas of cooperation".

Reuters

Shelley Rudman unsure how many medals GB can win in China due to Covid situation

The sporting showpiece in Beijing is taking place under strict protocols.

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NBC receives praise for calling out human rights abuses during Beijing opening ceremony

‘You can’t say they’re just avoiding the tough stuff entirely’

Sports Illustrated

Inside Beijing's Closed Loop at the Winter Olympics

From tall fences covered in fake grass, to an army of people dressed in hazmat suits, here's a look at life on the ground at the 2022 Winter Olympics.

Tribune News Service

Putin and Xi close ranks against the West on Ukraine and Taiwan

Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping closed ranks against the U.S. and its allies on key security issues as they declared that there’s no limit and “no forbidden zones” in the friendship between Russia and China.

The Conversation

As China welcomes the world to Winter Olympics, its economy is ever more isolated from the west

As the Beijing Winter Olympics get underway, all eyes are on China. There has been lots of coverage about China’s chilly relationship in the west and its persecution of the Uighur and other minorities, but there is also much to be said about the Chinese economy.

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Los Angeles Times

Xi Jinping sees Beijing Olympics as validation of his power

Chinese leader Xi Jinping views the Olympic Games — he has pored over venue blueprints and been involved in every aspect of planning — as a validation not only of his statecraft but also of the rise of a confident, economically robust nation that is rearranging the world order.

France 24

The business of Beijing 2022: Are the Games worth the hefty price tag?

We take a look at the business of this year's Winter Olympics. A report suggests the true cost is 10 times more than the official $3.9 billion price tag, but Beijing is banking on other benefits. Also, Amazon reports another strong sales quarter, with its advertising business playing an increasingly…

Bangkok Post

Covid keeps Winter Olympics opening a muted affair

BEIJING: President Xi Jinping declared the Beijing Winter Olympics open on Friday as China tried to turn the page on a build-up overshadowed by human rights concerns, Covid and a US-led diplomatic boycott.

Reuters

Uyghurs in Turkey call for boycott as Beijing Games begin

Hundreds of protesters from China's Muslim Uyghur community rallied in Istanbul on Friday to call for a boycott of the Winter Olympics opening in Beijing and to urge participants to speak out against China's treatment of the ethnic minority.

Reuters

Olympics-Beijing Games burst into life under shadow of COVID and conflict

Chinese President Xi Jinping opened a Beijing Winter Olympics on Friday that not only bear the mark of the global coronavirus pandemic but are also mixing sport and global politics as few others have since the era of the Cold War.

The Independent UK

Robot barista is serving customers at the Beijing Winter Olympics

After a customer gives the instruction, the machine will complete the whole coffee-making process of grinding, brewing and cleaning in five minutes

Axios

Xi backs Putin on NATO demands as leaders meet in Beijing

"Friendship between the two states has no limits."

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