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Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 3, 2022

Cocktails and hazmat suits mix in Beijing Olympic bubble

Scenes likened to dystopian fiction are playing out at Olympic venues as Chinese officials try to minimize the chances of the Beijing Winter Games sparking a fresh coronavirus outbreak.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Jan 19, 2022

Athletes warned against speaking up on human rights at Beijing Games

Speakers at an event organized by Human Rights Watch said that discussing controversial issues while in China could land Winter Olympic participants in legal trouble.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Oct 26, 2021

Beijing Games competitors to face daily COVID-19 tests in closed loop

Games participants will need to be tested for COVID-19 before arrival, and athletes and team officials must be vaccinated to avoid 21 days in quarantine.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 30, 2022

Beijing offers high-tech power naps to journalists at Olympics

China is providing sleep rest cabins to allow reporters to take power naps of up to an hour with a simple scan of their mobile phone.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 20, 2021

China is preparing for another Olympics in Beijing, like it or not

When Beijing staged the Summer Olympic Games in 2008, many argued — or at least hoped — that the international attention would improve human rights in China. It didn’t.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 15, 2022

Hosting the Olympics is costly. For China, it’s worth every billion.

For many cities, the Games make no economic sense. National pride and an enthusiasm for building transportation infrastructure change the equation for Beijing.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 24, 2020

COVID-19 isn't the only crisis facing the Olympics

The Summer Games have been postponed; the Winter Games could be a calamity.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 22, 2022

The mixed legacy of the 2022 Beijing Olympics

These Olympics will be remembered for nationalism, a divided global community and a profound deepening of mistrust between China and much of the world.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 12, 2014

Is China really set on another Olympics?

One would have expected some civic joy at Monday's news that Beijing is listed as one of three candidate finalists to host the 2022 Winter Olympics. Curiously, though, that news has been hard to find in China.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 19, 2022

Bots and fake accounts push China’s vision of winter Olympic wonderland

Inside the Potemkin village of China’s propaganda, the Winter Olympics have unfolded as an unalloyed success, a celebration of sports and political harmony that has obscured — critics say whitewashed — the country’s flaws and rights abuses.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 19, 2021

U.S. House speaker calls for diplomatic boycott of China's 2022 Olympics

Criticizing China for human rights abuses, Democrat Nancy Pelosi said global leaders who attend would lose their moral authority.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Dec 29, 2022

Chinese women found their voice in 2022, but is anyone listening?

Strains between China's estimated 690 million women and the Communist Party's male-dominated leadership rippled through the year's political debates.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 7, 2021

Talk of U.S.-led Beijing Olympics boycott puts Japan in tight spot

Japan has been wary of checking China on rights issues, partly out of fear of economic retaliation from its largest trading partner.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 17, 2015

Beijing snowy enough for Winter Olympics, Chinese official assures

Snow levels in mountains near Beijing will be sufficient for the 2022 Olympic Winter Games if China's capital wins the right to host the sporting event, an official of the country's bid committee said.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 8, 2022

Rivals and new faces shine as Yuzuru Hanyu misses mark

Hanyu's potential third straight Olympic gold may be in doubt after Nathan Chen walked out of the Capital Indoor Arena as the clear leader in a talented pack.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 8, 2022

Beijing wanted the Winter Olympics. All it needed was snow.

The secret of winter sports is that many competitions take place on artificial snow. China's water-scarce capital had to go to enormous lengths to make enough of it.
Japan Times
EDITORIALS
Feb 4, 2022

With celebrations and controversy, the 2022 Winter Olympics begin

There are fears that China will use COVID-19 protocols to affect competitions, disqualifying some athletes to ensure the “proper” outcomes.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 27, 2021

China talks up 'green' Olympics but prepares to fight smog

Beijing has improved its air quality since China won its bid to host the Games, but the Ministry of Ecology and Environment has said the risks of winter smog remained 'severe.'
JAPAN
Dec 24, 2021

Japan not planning to send senior officials to Beijing Olympics

In an attempt to strike a diplomatic balance in its relationships with both the U.S. and China, only Olympic officials will represent Japan at the Winter Games.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Dec 22, 2021

NHL players expected to skip Beijing Olympics

The decision could give the league additional flexibility as it tries to reschedule regular season games as it is expected to announce more postponements.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Nov 22, 2021

In subtropical Taiwan, two women vie for spots at Beijing Winter Games

Taiwan, where snow brushes only the highest mountaintops during the coldest winters, has never won a medal at the Winter Olympics.
JAPAN
Aug 27, 2019

Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike and Beijing officials confirm Olympic cooperation for 2020 and 2022

Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike and top officials in Beijing confirmed Monday that they will cooperate over the upcoming Summer and Winter Olympic Games.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 16, 2022

Nigerian bobsled racer says discrimination cost her spot in Beijing

An 'insidious and willful gender disparity' prevented Pyeongchang 2018 participant Simidele Adeagbo from competing in the ongoing Winter Games, her lawyers wrote.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Jan 25, 2022

The logistical nightmare of getting athletes to the Olympics

The official playbook stipulates people must take two COVID-19 tests within 96 hours of their departure to China, and one of those two tests must be within 72 hours.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 18, 2022

Beijing got all ready for Olympic curling. But about the ice …

The ice makers of Olympic curling are part physicist, part meteorologist, part engineer. They know that creating a stage for a world-class event is all about the process.

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