National Olympic Committees in some Western countries are advising their athletes to leave personal devices at home or use temporary phones due to cybersecurity concerns at next month`s Winter Games in Beijing.

National Olympic Committees advise athletes to carry burner phones in Beijing Olympics

The Winter Olympics begin in less than 3 weeks. A group of activists is giving the Olympians some advice. They say athletes should stay silent on the issue of human rights in Beijing. IOC might not be able to protect them. Palki Sharma tells you why.

Gravitas: Winter Olympics: Athletes could pay a heavy price for speaking out

China on Monday recorded Covid cases that reached highest levels since March 2020. That this is happening mere three weeks before Winter Olympics has added to worry of the authorities.

China records two-year high in Covid cases weeks before Winter Olympics

With barely three weeks to go for the Beijing Olympics, the Chinese capital has detected its first case of omicron variant. China is already plagued by multiple covid-19 outbreaks and authorities are testing the other occupants of the patient's residential compound and office building. Access has been restricted to 17 locations linked to infected person.

First case of Omicron detected in Beijing ahead of Winter Olympics

Tickets for the Winter Olympics set to begin on Feb. 4 will be distributed to "targeted" groups of people and will not be sold to the general public, the organising committee said on Monday, in the latest setback to the Games inflicted by COVID-19.

COVID-19 prohibits public sale of Beijing Olympics tickets

Construction and property sales have slumped. Small businesses have shut because of rising costs and weak sales. Debt-laden local governments are cutting the pay of civil servants.

China's economy slowed late last year on real estate troubles

How will the Beijing winter Olympics pan out? How many spectators will be allowed in? Watch this report.

Beijing sets up Olympic bubble featuring robot chefs

In a significant development in Pakistan-Russia ties, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan and Russian President Vladimir Putin are expected to meet on the sidelines of the Winter Olympics that will take place in Beijing next month.

Imran Khan, Vladimir Putin likely to meet in China on the sidelines of Winter Olympics

China has said that it has received visa applications from US officials to attend the Winter Olympics, days after President Joe Biden declared boycott saying that they won’t be sending its officials to Beijing.

China says it has received visa applications from US officials to attend Winter Olympics

After Japan announced that it will not send government officials to the Beijing Winter Olympics 2022, China's foreign ministry on Friday (December 24) has urged Japan not to "politicise sports". The move is not described as a diplomatic boycott and the Japanese government spokesman Hirokazu Matsuno said that there were "no plans" for officials to attend the Games.

China slams Japan for not sending govt officials to Beijing Olympics

China slams Japan's decision on not sending govt officials to Beijing Olympics

After Japan announced that it will not send government officials to the Beijing Winter Olympics 2022, China's foreign ministry on Friday (December 24) has urged Japan not to "politicise sports".

'Do not politicise sports': China slams Japan's decision not to send govt officials to Beijing Olympics

Amid the ongoing diplomatic bandwagon, Japan says it won't send a government delegation to China for Beijing Winter Olympics

Japan snubs Beijing Winter Olympic as it won't send a government delegation to China

Japan says it won't send a government delegation to China for Beijing Winter Olympics

Russian President Vladimir Putin called the diplomatic boycott of the upcoming Beijing Winter Olympics by the United States and its allies a mistake driven by a desire to restrain China's development.

Russian President Vladimir Putin says Western diplomatic boycott of Beijing Winter Olympics is a mistake

China expects to hold the 2022 Winter Olympics "smoothly" and on schedule, despite challenges posed by the emergence of the new Omicron coronavirus variant.

China: Winter Olympics will proceed as planned despite Omicron challenge

China is struggling with fulfilling its claim of making the country COVID free for the Beijing Winter Olympics in 2022, scheduled to be held in February next year.

China worried about COVID-19 spoiling Beijing Winter Olympics 2022

Two Tibetan students chained themselves to the Olympic rings outside the Swiss headquarters of the International Olympic Committee on Saturday to call for an international boycott of next year's winter games.

Tibetan students lock themselves to Olympic rings to protest Beijing Winter Olympics

Senior Japanese government officials will likely skip the Winter Olympics in Beijing in February, joining the United States in a diplomatic boycott, the Yomiuri newspaper reported on Saturday, citing multiple sources with knowledge of the matter.

Senior Japanese officials to skip Beijing Winter Olympics in a diplomatic boycott -  Report

France has refused to join the diplomatic boycott of the winter Olympics that is scheduled to take place in Beijing, calling such a move “insignificant”. French President Emanuel Macron said that the boycott, led by the US and other western nations, is just a “symbolic step” and added that it won’t have any significant impact.

French President Macron calls diplomatic boycott of Beijing Olympics ‘insignificant’

Winter Olympics have become the hotbed of political controversies. In the latest, Canada has joined Australia, Britain, United States and New Zealand in the diplomatic boycott of games to be held in Beijing.

Canada joins diplomatic boycott of Beijing Winter Games

China has warned Australia, the United Kingdom, the United States and Canada, saying that nations would "pay the price" for the diplomatic boycott of the upcoming 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics.

Winter Olympics: China warns Australia, UK, US for diplomatic boycott, says 'will pay price for wrong acts'

After the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom, Canada now announced a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, scheduled to be held between February 4 to February 20 next year.

Canada announces diplomatic boycott of Beijing Winter Olympics citing human rights violations by China

The US has announced a diplomatic boycott of the Winter Olympics in Beijing. The UK, France and Japan are still undecided. Palki Sharma tells you why such half-measures will do little to deter Beijing.

Gravitas: US announces diplomatic boycott of Beijing Winter games

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