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U.S. Olympian dilemma: Protest China's human rights abuses, or just play?

BEIJING – Noah Hoffman understands the desire to speak up. For the athletes competing at the Beijing Olympics, the Winter Games will provide a global megaphone, a platform to voice their concerns about human rights abuses in China.

Tribune News Service · Feb 6, 2022

Watch The Moment A Journo Gets Dragged Away Live On Air By A Beijing Olympics Security Guard

"We are now being pulled out of here," the Dutch reporter said.

Pedestrian.tv · Feb 5, 2022

Jessie Diggins finishes sixth in skiathlon, first race of loaded Beijing Games

ZHANGJIAKOU, China — Jessie Diggins didn't win a medal Saturday in her first race of the Beijing Olympics. That was hard to tell from her upbeat mood after a sixth-place finish in the women's 15-kilometer skiathlon.

Tribune News Service · Feb 5, 2022

Beijing Olympics: Vladimir Putin ‘falls asleep’ during opening ceremony

The Russian president apparently nodded off as the Ukrainian team walked in

The Independent UK · Feb 4, 2022

BC-OLY-Beijing Olympics Coverage Advisory

The Beijing Winter Olympics started Friday. They will run Feb 4-20. Find our latest plans in Coverage Plan. For the latest stories, video and photos, visit the Olympics hub in AP Newsroom. For access to AP Newsroom and other technical issues, contact [email protected] or call 877-836-9477.

The Independent UK · Feb 4, 2022

In photos: Winter Olympics opening ceremony kicks off Beijing Games

The Beijing Olympics will begin against a backdrop of geopolitical tensions and a diplomatic boycott.

Axios · Feb 4, 2022

BC-Olympic Digest, ADVISORY

Nihao from Beijing

The Independent UK · Feb 4, 2022

‘We’re Not Best Friends’: Ukrainian and Russian Olympic Athletes Keep Distance

With Russian troops massed at Ukraine's borders, athletes from the two countries have formed a fragile peace at the Beijing Olympics, helped along by coronavirus restrictions meant to keep competitors apart. Ukraine has advised its athletes to avoid Russians where possible and instructed them how to behave in case they…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Feb 4, 2022

Olympics-Opening ceremony ends with Uyghur skier lighting cauldron

The Beijing Winter Games opened on Friday night in a snow- and ice themed ceremony at the Bird's Nest stadium that concluded with the cauldron lit by two young Chinese Olympians, one of them a member of China's Uyghur minority.

Reuters · Feb 4, 2022

Olympic ice rinks put spotlight on potent greenhouse gases

The ice rinks hosting the figure skating and speedskating competitions at the Beijing Olympics will also be putting a major environmental problem on the world stage – the greenhouse gases often used in refrigerators, air conditioners and other cooling systems

The Independent UK · Feb 4, 2022