BBCNEWS BBC News February 4, 2022 17:13:00
Into the centre of a giant snowflake, which was then illuminated to become the cauldron. few global leaders have journeyed to beijing to be at the opening, but the russian president vladimir putin is there, and he's held a meeting with his chinese counterpart, xi jinping. the two countries have put out a long joint statement, describing the talks as "very warm" and agreeing on a raft of policies. it warned against what they called nato's cold war ideology. many in the west fear the russian leader is planning to invade ukraine, which wasn't mentioned directly. 0ur china correspondent stephen mc...