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The choice of Beijing as host city for the 2022 Olympics, made on July 31 2015 at the 128th International Olympic Committee (IOC) Session in Kuala Lumpur, meant the Chinese capital would become the first city to host both the Summer and Winter Games, having staged the Summer event in 2008.
The award also put in place the last of three consecutive Olympics taking place in East Asia following the allotting of the 2018 Winter Games to Pyeongchang in South Korea and the 2020 Summer Games to Tokyo.
Whether Beijing - which will on Thursday (February 4) mark one year to go until its Games - will indeed be the third East Asian host of an Olympics in this period remains moot.
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China advances preparation for green 2022 Winter Olympics
1 2021-01-20 13:25:53Xinhua
Editor : Cheng Zizhuo
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About one year away from the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games, China is delivering on its bid promises of hosting a Green Olympics.
Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, started on Monday an inspection tour of the venues and preparation work of the Beijing 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games in Beijing and Zhangjiakou in Hebei Province.
During the inspection, Xi noted that he was very gratified to see that the preparations for Beijing 2022 are well underway and that the athletes training is producing obvious results. He also expressed confidence that the 2022 winter sports event will be a success.
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BEIJING, Jan. 20 (Xinhua) About one year away from the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games, China is delivering on its bid promises of hosting a Green Olympics