Winter Olympics: sport, politics and Covid all on display as Beijing prepares for official opening of 2022 Games

Major sporting occasion, massive display of national accomplishments, or opportunity for China to showcase the success of its zero-Covid approach, the Beijing Winter Olympics officially begins on Friday as an amalgamation of all three.The opening ceremony at the Bird’s Nest in front of a small audience also presents China’s President Xi Jinping with an opportunity to burnish his own image at home and abroad, said analysts, but that could be easier said than done, despite his determination to…

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