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The Independent UK

Amy Williams names Team GB medal hopefuls to watch at Beijing Winter Olympics

EXCLUSIVE: Winter Olympics gold medallist Amy Williams, while speaking to Mirror Sport, picked out some of those who could add to Team GB's past glories at the 2022 Games

Daily Mirror

FBI Chief: Threat from China 'More Brazen' than Ever Before

The threat to the West from the Chinese government is “more brazen” and damaging than ever before, FBI Director Christopher Wray said Monday night in accusing Beijing of stealing American ideas and innovation and launching massive hacking operations. The speech at the Reagan Presidential Library amounted to a stinging rebuke…

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The Independent UK

Fireworks ban pays off as Beijing records best air quality for Lunar New Year's eve

A ban on fireworks ahead of the Beijing Winter Olympics helped China's capital record its cleanest air for a Lunar New Year since it first started monitoring air pollutants, known as PM2.5, nine years ago.

Reuters

Explainer: Why are Russians not competing under their flag in Beijing?

The Russian athletes taking part at this month's Beijing Olympics will be competing without their flag and national anthem because of doping sanctions.

Reuters

Beijing Olympics Says Growing COVID Cases Are 'within Controllable Range'

The COVID-19 situation at the Beijing Winter Olympics is within the "expected controllable range", despite increasing positive cases being detected, a senior official at China's Olympics Pandemic Prevention and Control Office said on Tuesday. The Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics Organizing Committee has reported 200 COVID cases since Jan.

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Olympics-Beijing Games organisers hope to have 30% capacity in venues

Organisers of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics are hoping for stadium capacities of at least 30% despite China's enforcement of tight regulations to contain the spread of the COVID-19 virus, the International Olympic Committee said on Tuesday.

Reuters

Arif Khan-led Indian team leaves for Winter Olympics

NEW DELHI: Skier Arif Khan, the only athlete representing India at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, left for the Games in the Chinese capital along with Chef De Mission Harjinder Singh and support staff.

The Times of India

Japan parliament adopts resolution on human rights in China

Japan's parliament on Tuesday adopted a resolution on the "serious human rights situation" in China, and called Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's government to take steps to relieve the situation, as the Beijing Winter Olympics loom just days ahead.

Reuters

Beijing Olympics | 24 COVID-19 cases detected among games-related personnel

Eighteen of the cases were found among new airport arrivals, according to a notice on the Beijing 2022 official website.

The Hindu

Olympics-COVID cases within 'controllable range', says Games organiser

The COVID-19 situation at the Beijing Winter Olympics is within the "expected controllable range" despite increasing positive cases being detected, a senior official at China's Olympics Pandemic Prevention and Control Office said on Tuesday.

Reuters

Australia's first Olympic curlers swap sunshine for sweeping

An Australian curling team has made history as the first curlers from Down Under to qualify for the Olympics

The Independent UK

Olympics-Team Taiwan says it will be at Beijing Games opening ceremony

Taiwan's team for the Beijing Winter Olympics will be at the opening and closing ceremonies after being told by the International Olympic Committee it was required to participate.

Reuters

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The Xi Games 2 : Bold proclamations leave many feeling left behind

"The goal of 'getting 300 million people involved in winter sports' has become a reality," said Li Sen, director general of the General Planning Department of the 2022 Beijing organizing committee, during a Jan. 13 press conference in Beijing.

Reuters

Ready-made reunion dinners come into vogue in China

(The Jan. 31 story corrects title of Jack Zhang in the last paragraph to deputy director of food and beverage at hotel China World Summit Wing, Beijing which houses the Red Chamber restaurant)

The Guardian - AU

‘A Cool Runnings story’: Australian curlers prepare to make Olympic history

Tahli Gill and Dean Hewitt hail from a country without a single dedicated curling facility yet this week they will mix it with the world’s best on the grandest stage

Evening Standard

Winter Olympics 2022: The international stars to watch out for at the Beijing Games

The Winter Olympics officially get under way with the opening ceremony in Beijing on Friday ahead of two weeks of competition.

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Daily Mirror

Amy Williams plays down political impact of Winter Olympics on Team GB athletes

EXCLUSIVE: Olympic skeleton champion Williams has some advice for those athletes looking to success in a Games overshadowed by political tensions in Beijing

The Independent UK

David Murdoch using his Olympic experiences to benefit GB curlers in Beijing

Murdoch competed in three Games, winning silver in Sochi in 2014

The Guardian - UK

Rise in Covid cases slows manufacturing in China to weakest in two years

Output is contracting as Beijing’s tough pandemic measures force some factories to shut down

The Independent UK

Japan parliament to pass Uyghur rights resolution ahead of Beijing Olympics

This comes at a time Japan is carefully playing the balancing act of its allyship with the US and west but also to not rile China

Dynamite News

Hong Kong's Chief Executive to skip Beijing Olympics opening ceremony

Hong Kong's Chief Executive Carrie Lam is set to skip the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympic and stay at home to manage the fight against a surge in untraceable COVID-19 cases.

Reuters

Manila mayor vows to take on China as Philippines president

The Manila mayor vying for the Philippines presidency on Monday promised zero tolerance of Chinese maritime aggression and said he would not hesitate to push Beijing to abide by international law if he triumphs in this year's election.

Evening Standard

Winter Olympics 2022: Team GB’s best medal hopes to watch out for in Beijing

Great Britain will be represented by 50 athletes at Beijing 2022 as they bid to build on the five medals won at the last Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang – Lizzy Yarnold’s skeleton gold and four bronze.

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