So why is Beijing holding another Olympics?
Nobody views Beijing as a winter sports capital. So why is the sprawling city - famed internationally for roast duck, maze-like "hutong" courtyard neighborhoods and its battle with air…
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Beijing Olympics opening ceremony starts under cloud of Covid, rights fears
The lattice-shaped "Bird's Nest" stadium took centre stage, just as it did at the 2008 Games -- seen as China's coming-out party on the world stage -- as Beijing becomes the first city…
China on course to send record number of athletes to COVID-hit Olympics
China is expected to send more than 400 athletes to the Tokyo Olympic Games, Chinese state media reported on Tuesday, on track to renew a record set at Rio 2016 despite a coronavirus…