Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Start reading

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

Start reading

The Latest Breaking News from Beijing

Breaking Live 3 publishers covering this story in the last 6 hours

34m ago How the US gave up its edge to China in processing vital rare earth minerals – and what that’s costing
57m ago AI, trade, Taiwan and climate: what will and won’t be on agenda at Trump-Xi summit
1h ago Who holds the leverage? Five cards Trump and Xi bring to the table
5h ago Trump-Xi summit: $14 billion Taiwan arms deal hangs over Washington talks

Australia backs Lithuania over 'weaponised' economic sanctions from China due to Taiwan ties

Australia and Lithuania have both provoked the ire of Beijing in recent years, with the Chinese government targeting exports and industries with crippling sanctions and tariffs in what has been described as "economic coercion".

ABC News · Feb 9, 2022

Olympics Live: Downhill champ Goggia back on the slopes

Defending Olympic downhill champion Sofia Goggia is on the Beijing slopes and training after crashing and injuring her left knee and leg last month

The Independent UK · Feb 9, 2022

Stephanie Yang: Life inside the Olympics bubble: Limbo between China and the world

BEIJING — Three rows of fencing, two guard patrols and multiple "no crossing" signs mark the ominous border between the 2022 Winter Olympics and the rest of its host city. It feels like a parallel universe of ID-assigned bar codes, throat swabs and room service delivered by swift staff wearing…

Los Angeles Times · Feb 9, 2022

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Your guide to the best figure skating at the Beijing Winter Olympics – through the eyes of a dancer

For dancers and ex-dancers like myself, the figure skating at the Winter Olympics is a particularly irresistible drawcard: the speed of the skating, the height of the jumps, the delicacy of the movements, the speed of the twirls and the musicality and interpretation of the skaters.

The Conversation · Feb 9, 2022

Winter Olympics 2022 day five – as it happened

Day five of XXIV Olympic Winter Games

The Guardian - US · Feb 9, 2022

Parker overcomes virus to make Games debut

Australian alpine skier Katie Parker has made her Olympic debut after a turbulent 24 hours in Beijing following a positive COVID-19 test on arrival

AAP · Feb 8, 2022

Australia's Belle Brockhoff fourth in women's snowboard cross at Beijing Winter Olympics

Belle Brockhoff misses a medal in the women's snowboard cross, while Scotty James and Valentino Guseli book spots in Friday's halfpipe final at the Beijing Winter Olympics.

ABC News · Feb 8, 2022

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Shaun White's run as greatest snowboarder ever is coming to an end

BEIJING — By the end of the day, his body ached all over. His ankle and back, a knee still sore from surgery. Shaun White was feeling every bit of 35 years old, worn down from a lifetime spent attacking the halfpipe, launching himself skyward, spinning and twisting and landing…

Los Angeles Times · Feb 8, 2022

La Velle E. Neal III: Quality over quantity. Canada women school Team USA in 4-2 pool play win.

BEIJING — It has been dastardly, diabolical and darn impressive what Canada had done in the Olympic women's hockey tournament leading into Tuesday's game against Team USA.

Tribune News Service · Feb 8, 2022

Winter Olympics 2022: China win big air gold as Britain suffer curling blow; latest news, results, medal table

China secured their third gold medal of the Winter Olympics in Beijing, as 18-year-old Eileen Gu delivered under huge pressure in the big air final.

Evening Standard · Feb 8, 2022

US to remind China of Pacific interests amid Ukraine tension

The Biden administration is making a push to remind China that the U.S. remains involved and active in the Indo-Pacific despite Washington's current preoccupation with a possible Russian invasion of Ukraine

The Independent UK · Feb 8, 2022

The Guardian view on Beijing’s Winter Games: a very political contest

Editorial: China says the Olympics must be about sport alone. But the party is using this event to send its own message

The Guardian - UK · Feb 8, 2022

A brief history of African nations at the Olympic Winter Games

A record number of eight African countries competed at the 2018 Olympic Winter Games in PyeongChang, South Korea. At the 2022 Beijing winter games, currently underway, Africa is represented by six athletes from five countries: Eritrea, Ghana, Madagascar, Morocco and Nigeria. Five are competing in Alpine (downhill) skiing and one…

The Conversation · Feb 8, 2022

Zhu Yi: Who is the Chinese figure skater facing brutal trolling at the Winter Olympics in Beijing?

California-born star suffers nightmare start on the ice

The Independent UK · Feb 8, 2022

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Daily Record · Feb 8, 2022

Aberdeen teenage sensation Kirsty Muir soars to stunning fifth-place finish in Beijing Big Air at Winter Olympics

Muir, 17, is the youngest member of the British team in the Chinese capital but delivered a dazzling display on Tuesday morning

The Independent UK · Feb 8, 2022

Team USA’s Leif Nordgren becomes a dad as he competes in the Winter Olympics

Biathlete welcomes his first child while competing in Beijing

The Independent UK · Feb 8, 2022

Today at the Winter Olympics: Great Britain’s wait for a first medal continues

China’s ‘Snow Princess’ and America’s ‘Quad King’ were the stars of the show on day four of the Beijing Games.

Los Angeles Times · Feb 8, 2022

Thrilling freestyle skiing big air event makes big debut at Beijing Olympics

BEIJING — A 524-foot-long ramp covered in snow surrounded by rusting industrial equipment ushered in a new age of freestyle skiing Tuesday.

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Wales Online · Feb 8, 2022

Team GB teenage sensation Kirsty Muir soars to stunning fifth-place finish on Winter Olympic debut

Muir, 17, is the youngest member of the British team in the Chinese capital but delivered a dazzling display in freestyle skiing's Big Air event on Tuesday morning

Wales Online · Feb 8, 2022

'Snow Princess' Eileen Gu adds gold medal sparkle to big brand profile with stunning Winter Olympic triumph

Home favourite Gu, 18, already has her face splashed across billboards and magazine covers and cemented her global reputation with a remarkable triumph in Beijing

The Independent UK · Feb 8, 2022

How fast do speed skaters go?

Records are tumbling in the speed skating in Beijing

The Guardian - UK · Feb 8, 2022

Gay kiss on live TV evades Singapore’s ban on LGBT content

Video clip of two men kissing in Beijing bar during Channel News Asia report hailed as ‘act of revolution’

The Independent UK · Feb 8, 2022

EXPLAINER: What in the world is the Olympic Truce?

A U.N. resolution upholding the Olympic Truce has been passed 15 times

The Independent UK · Feb 8, 2022

‘It’s a big joke’: Winter Olympians complain about conditions in Beijing

Athletes have hit out at freezing temperatures and Covid-19 guidelines in Beijing

USA Today Sports Media Group · Feb 8, 2022

Winter Olympics 2022: How much does it snow in Beijing?

Get ready for a lot of fake snow.

1 … 397 398 399 400

People

Gabrielius Landsbergis

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.