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China’s Immunity Gap

The Zero-COVID Strategy Leaves the Country Vulnerable to an Omicron Tsunami

Foreign Affairs

Climate change might kill the Winter Olympics

The controversial cold-weather Games in Beijing could also be one of the last.

Mic

COVID updates: Get up to speed on all the coronavirus news from across Australia — as it happened

Keep up to date with all the COVID-19 news from across Australia.

ABC News

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Athletes are going to extremes to dodge COVID before the Olympics

Never have athletes spent the run-up to the biggest event of their lives putting such energy in a non-athletic endeavor.

Axios

Team GB skeleton star Laura Deas backing Winter Olympics without any snow to be just as special for UK public

Beijing's Yanqing District - where the skeleton, luge and bobsleigh events will take place - received just 2cm of snow between January and March last year, a figure less than both London and Madrid

Wales Online

Republicans probe NBC over Beijing Olympics coverage

The human rights abuses committed by the CCP have been the subject of intense scrutiny ahead of the Winter Games.

Axios

Abrupt lockdowns loom over Beijing life ahead of Olympics

Beijing residents are coping with abrupt local lockdowns and sweeping COVID-19 testing requirements as the Chinese capital seeks to prevent a coronavirus outbreak ahead of the opening of the Winter Olympics in less than two weeks

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China's Xi meets with IOC's Bach in Beijing ahead of Games

Chinese President Xi Jinping met with International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach on Tuesday, just over a week before the start of the Winter Games, in a rare in-person encounter with a foreign visitor during the pandemic.

Reuters

2008 Beijing Olympics vs. 2022: No lofty promises this time

The 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics open in just over a week

The Independent UK

Pfizer launches Omicron vaccine trial; UK reports highest daily deaths since February – as it happened

Company hopes vaccine will be ready for approval by March; UK reports 439 deaths and more than nearly 95,000 cases

The Guardian - UK

F-35 crashes while landing on USS Carl Vinson in South China Sea

F-35C jet was conducting ‘routine flight operations’ when the incident happened, injuring at least seven sailors.

Al Jazeera

The logistical nightmare of getting athletes to the Olympics

Flying chartered is a luxury often reserved for rock stars and royalty. But China’s approach to Covid, with officials determined to stamp out the virus, means that most of the 3,000 or so skiers, snowboarders, skaters and bobsleigh riders descending on Beijing for the Winter Olympics next month will be…

Tribune News Service

‘A genocide against our people’: Australian Uyghur leader calls for athlete boycott of Beijing Winter Olympics

‘While our people suffer in camps and in prison we can’t enjoy the game even if we want to. It hurts’

The Guardian - AU

Who is boycotting the Beijing Winter Olympics and why?

Several countries have opted against sending diplomatic delegations to the Games

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The Independent UK

Where will the next Winter Olympics be held?

The Winter Olympics are set to return to Europe in 2026

The Independent UK

Five best Team GB medal hopes for 2022 Winter Olympics

Great Britain are targeting between three and seven medals in Beijing

Sports Illustrated

How More Than 1.2 Million Cubic Tons of Artificial Snow Was Made for the Beijing Olympics

China’s capital city is set to become the first to host both a Summer and Winter Games. The one problem? With virtually no natural snow to be found, the falling flakes will be fully fake.

The Independent UK

What are all the sports at the Winter Olympics?

There will be 109 medal events held at Beijing 2022

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The Independent UK

When does the Winter Olympics start and how do I watch it on TV in the UK?

Everything you need to know about Beijing 2022

The Guardian - UK

Ellia Smeding named as 50th and final Team GB athlete for Winter Olympics

The chef de mission, Georgina Harland, hailed an ‘exciting new chapter’ and Team GB is believed to have set a target of three to seven medals in Beijing

The Independent UK

Katie Ormerod taking inspiration from Simone Biles on road to Olympic redemption

After breaking her wrist and heel on the eve of the 2018 Games, Ormerod arrives in Beijing as one of Team GB’s foremost medal hopes

Irish Mirror

Team Ireland named for Winter Olympics in Beijing

A six-strong team, including three-time Olympian Seamus O'Connor, will compete next month

The Independent UK

Great Britain confirm 50-strong squad for Winter Olympics in Beijing

Speed-skater Ellia Smeding was confirmed as the final member of the team

The Independent UK

Great Britain finalise 50-strong squad for Winter Olympics in Beijing

Speed-skater Ellia Smeding was confirmed as the final member of the team.

Reuters

Beijing 2022 eases COVID curbs for Games; China warns on pollution

Organisers of next month's Beijing Winter Olympics slightly eased the strict COVID-19 requirements for participants, a move that means fewer athletes are likely to be tripped up by positive tests, although authorities also warned about seasonal air pollution.

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