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The Beijing Olympics, which officially opens on Friday, will be streamlined, safe and splendid, Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Thursday, as the head of the IOC decried boycott ghosts "rearing their ugly heads again" over human rights concerns.

The last time the Olympics came to China, Xi Jinping oversaw the whole endeavor

The 2022 Winter Games in Beijing provide many benefits for China, and really don’t have any downsides for the country.

Mixed doubles curling opened competition at the Beijing Winter Olympics on Wednesday as the shadow of war in Ukraine, and the impending arrival of Russian President Vladimir Putin, loomed over an event already transformed by the coronavirus pandemic.

Two events dominate the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) calendar for 2022 - the Winter Olympics and the 20th Party Congress later this year.

Aside from fake snow and COVID-19, the Beijing Winter Games are controversial for many reasons.

Since becoming China’s paramount leader in 2012, Xi Jinping has overseen enormous economic growth and solidified China’s standing as an economic and geopolitical superpower. He has also centralized his power over domestic politics. In 2018, Xi oversaw the repeal of the two-term limit on holding presidential office, which has opened…

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"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.

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BEIJING -- Beijing will be the first city in history to have hosted the Summer and Winter Olympics when the Winter Games start on Feb. 4.