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Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 20, 2022
Controversial Beijing Olympics reach finish line
Japan had its best-ever showing at a Winter Games with 18 medals in an event that will be remembered for its complicated circumstances as much as its thrilling athletic displays.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 17, 2022
Future proofing the Olympics: Lessons from Beijing and Tokyo
The most obvious future-proofing strategy is to spread the Olympic Games in any one year to multiple venues, much as a company enhances resilience by diversifying markets or supply chains.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 17, 2022
Beijing Olympics reports no new COVID-19 cases for the first time
'The daily COVID cases are falling, thanks to everyone strictly following the COVID prevention measures,' said Huang Chun, a top virus-control official.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 14, 2022
Facing crisis, Hong Kong leans on Beijing to contain COVID-19 surge
Authorities in the city on Sunday reported 1,347 coronavirus infections and said more than 3,400 confirmed patients were receiving treatment.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 6, 2022
Swedish Olympic speed skater Van der Poel ends Dutch monopoly in men's 5,000 meter
Sweden's Nils van der Poel stormed to victory in Olympic speed skating with a record time of six minutes 08.84 seconds.
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
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 26, 2022
China’s espionage plans for the 2022 Winter Olympics
Saving face is a particular paranoia for the Chinese Communist Party; it is what maintains China's dictatorship — thus the spying.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 23, 2022
China’s Games: How Xi Jinping is staging the Olympics on his terms
No longer needing to prove its standing, China now wants to project the vision of a prosperous, confident nation under Xi, the country's most powerful leader since Mao Zedong.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 22, 2022
China holds the line on ‘COVID zero,’ but some wonder for how long
At least 20 million people were under full lockdown as recently as last week, and many more cities across the country have been subjected to partial lockdowns and mass testing.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 19, 2022
China’s global dragnet grinds on after bringing back 10,000 overseas ‘fugitives’
The campaign has spanned more than 120 countries, including Australia, Canada and the U.S. — destinations popular among those sought by Beijing.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 18, 2022
China decides not to sell Olympics tickets to Chinese public
Authorities in China, who had pressed ahead defiantly to fill the venues with spectators, have now had to bow to the grim realities of the pandemic.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 18, 2022
Olympic athletes told to leave phones at home to dodge spying in China
Beijing has promised the world's top athletes access to a partially unfettered internet during the Winter Games, but security experts say there are reasons to exercise caution.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 18, 2022
China points finger at overseas mail for Beijing omicron case
Authorities are trying to figure out how COVID-19 seeped through tight borders ahead of the Winter Olympics that start next month.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 17, 2022
Omicron penetrates China’s political, financial and tech hubs
China has detected locally-transmitted omicron infections in the capital Beijing, the financial center Shanghai, and Guangdong, which together account for one-fifth of the country's GDP.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Jan 11, 2022
China offers digital yuan at Olympics to test overseas appeal
Visitors can download an app or get a physical card that stores the digital yuan, or convert foreign bank notes into e-CNY at self-service machines, according to the Bank of China Ltd.
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
OLYMPICS
Oct 28, 2021
Australia's Winter Olympic team reassured by nation's experience at Tokyo Games
Australia's Chef de Mission for the Winter Olympics says the team's experience at the Tokyo Summer Games has reassured him that the health protocols in place in Beijing will keep his athletes safe.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 13, 2021
Beijing Olympic sponsors face a $110 billion dilemma
Outside of China, politicians and human rights groups have been pushing the companies to use their platform to condemn Beijing's treatment of ethnic minorities in Xinjiang.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Sep 12, 2021
China’s poor regions worry about climate justice in net-zero push
Hebei province's Tangshan has grown into the largest steelmaking hub in the world, but it also inherited Beijing's air pollution.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 9, 2021
Tokyo’s Olympic bubble? Wait till you see Beijing’s.
With the Winter Olympics in Beijing just six months away, the Chinese authorities are planning elaborate precautions against COVID-19.

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