Winter Olympics in China 2022

Xi Jinping announced the opening of the Beijing Winter Olympics. A fireworks display of many fireworks marked the start of the Olympics, preparations for which have been hampered by the COVID-19 pandemic and criticism of human rights abuses by Chinese authorities.

A U.S. human rights monitoring organization is wary about the safety of athletes at the upcoming Winter Olympics in China, after event organizers threatened “punishments” for anti-Peking comments.