The 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics will come into sharp focus with the ceremonial torch-lighting ceremony in Greece's ancient Olympia on Monday, but opposition to the Games continues to grow more vocal.
The Chinese capital will become the first city to host both the Winter and Summer Games when the event begins Feb. 4, but as was the case with the 2008 Beijing Olympics, protests and calls for boycotts over the country's human rights record have marred the buildup.
Rights groups and U.S. lawmakers have called on the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to postpone the Games and relocate the event unless China ends what the U.S. deems as ongoing genocide against Uyghurs and other Muslim minority groups.