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Keeping the Olympics Covid-free: life inside Beijing’s ‘closed loop’ bubble

The 11,000 foreign athletes, media crews and guests will be met at the airport by workers in biohazard suits

The Guardian - UK

China and US in race to salvage ‘flying computer’ fighter jet

F-35C Lightning II combat jet sank in South China Sea along with millions of dollars in cutting-edge technology and classified equipment

The Independent UK

With tensions high, Russia aims for Olympic gold in Beijing

Russia is heading to the Beijing Olympics against a backdrop of international tension

The Independent UK

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Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics daily briefing: one week to go to an ice and snow spectacular

The scene is set for fantastic sport – but all under the threat of Covid and amid controversy over China’s human rights record

The Guardian - UK

Slovenia snowboarder tests positive for virus in Beijing

A snowboarder from Slovenia has tested positive for the coronavirus after landing in Beijing for the Olympics

The Independent UK

Chinese travel for Lunar New Year despite plea to stay put

Chinese are traveling to their hometowns for the Lunar New Year, the country’s biggest family holiday, despite a government plea to stay where they are as Beijing tries to contain coronavirus outbreaks

The Independent UK

Activists urge athletes to speak out at Beijing Olympics

Human rights activists have issued a call to action against the Beijing Olympics, imploring athletes and sponsors to speak out against what they call the “genocide games.”

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Chinese Language School Projects Soft Power in North Iraq

In a classroom in northern Iraq, Zhiwei Hu presides over his students as a conductor would an orchestra.

Asharq Al-Awsat

US Navy and China race to recover fighter jet sunken in South China Sea

The US Navy is attempting to retrieve its most advanced fighter jet from the bottom of the South China Sea amid fears that the Chinese military could salvage it first.

Evening Standard

Commentary: Olympians should be climate activists

The 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing are right around the corner. Even though the torch is not yet lit, the Olympic Games have already thrust China’s human rights abuse record into the spotlight, with the United States leading a diplomatic boycott against the sporting event, the first since 1980.

Tribune News Service

Beijing Olympics Ready to Go but Controversies, Covid Weigh Heavy

A Winter Olympics overshadowed by diplomatic boycotts and concerns about human rights, Covid and the safety of Peng Shuai begins next Friday in a vast "bubble" in the Chinese capital Beijing. Warnings about air pollution, government snooping and the environmental impact of a Games which relies almost entirely on man-made…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Athletes start arriving in Beijing's Olympic bubble

BEIJING -- The Beijing 2022 Olympic Villages opened Thursday, officially rolling out the welcome mat for about 2,900 athletes from about 90 nations and territories who will compete at the Winter Games that start on Feb. 4.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

UK reports 89,176 new cases and 277 deaths – as it happened

UK cases and deaths fall day-on-day; Hong Kong government to compensate pet shops affected by culling of hamsters for Covid reasons

The Guardian - UK

Locking down homes, Hong Kong takes COVID lesson from Beijing

Residents in the city prevented from leaving apartments as authorities race to halt spread of Omicron.

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The Independent UK

In north Iraq, Chinese language school projects soft power

A Chinese language school in northern Iraq is attracting students who hope to land jobs with a growing number of Chinese companies in the oil, infrastructure, construction, and telecommunications sectors in the region

The Independent UK

The numbers behind the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing

Beijing becomes the first city to host both the Summer and Winter Olympics.

The Independent UK

From Olympic veteran to teenage record-breaker – Five stars to watch in Beijing

Snowboarder Shaun White and 15-year-old Kamila Valieva are among the international superstars to keep an eye out for in China

The Independent UK

Eve Muirhead hoping qualification adversity can boost fresh bid for Olympic curling gold

Muirhead’s inexperienced rink had to battle their way to Beijing after failing to qualify via the World Championships

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The Independent UK

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

5 best bets for podium places as Team GB target record Winter Olympics haul

The Games officially open on February 4 in the Chinese capital Beijing.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Beijing stadium lit up for opening ceremony rehearsal

BEIJING -- Rays of light from Beijing's National Stadium illuminated the night sky during what was said to be a rehearsal for the 2022 Winter Olympics opening ceremony, ahead of the opening of the Games on Feb. 4.

The Independent UK

China skis: Olympics brings on boom in winter sports

The Beijing Winter Olympics is tapping into and encouraging growing interest among Chinese in skiing, skating, hockey and other previously unfamiliar winter sports

The News Lens

China’s Financial Diplomacy Wins Influence in Central Asian Countries

Even though its position in central Asian countries has evolved quite successfully, China still faces obstacles such as nationalism and political elites’ distrust of Beijing.

Al Jazeera

UN human rights chief allowed to visit Xinjiang after Olympics

South China Morning Post reported that Beijing approved Bachelet’s trip on the condition that it should be ‘friendly’.

Reuters

U.S., Taiwanese vice presidents speak at rare encounter in Honduras

The U.S. and Taiwanese vice presidents had a brief conversation on Thursday at the inauguration of the new Honduran president, a rare encounter that is highly symbolic and likely to add to Beijing's tensions with Washington.

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