Why is Beijing hosting the Olympics for the second time in just 14 years?
Just 14 years after hosting the 2008 Summer Olympics, Beijing is set to make history by becoming the first city to play host to both a Summer and Winter Olympics when it welcomes the world for the start of the 2022 Winter Olympics.
USOPC to Congress: Beijing Olympic boycott not the solution
The head of the U_S_ Olympic and Paralympic Committee is telling Congress that a boycott of the Beijing Olympics next year will not solve any geopolitical issues with China and will only place athletes training for the games under a โcloud of uncertainty.โ.
Human rights, COVID at issue 1 year before Beijing Olympics
The 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics will open a year from now. Beijing held the 2008 Summer Olympics. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)Building elaborate venues for Beijing's 2022 Winter Olympics is the easy part for China, just as it was for the city's Summer Olympics in 2008. Hanging over all of this is the COVID-19 pandemic that has already delays and still threatens the Tokyo Summer Olympics in six months. โWe are full of confidence to hold an excellent and outstanding Winter Olympics,โ Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said this week.