Beijing

While reduced arrivals mean a lower risk of infected individuals entering the country, organizers said measures within the "closed loop" should remain tight to avoid any internal spread.

Among the leaders from the region who are attending are key figures from Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Saudi Arabia

President Xi Jinping used the Beijing Olympics to seize the diplomatic initiative amid simmering tensions with the United States.

Of those, 13 were athletes or team officials who tested positive after arriving at the airport on Saturday.

Beijing's Fengtai district said Wednesday residents in more areas should not leave their residential compounds for unnecessary reasons.

Meet the Jewish athletes from the United States, Israel and Canada:

There will be no international spectators at the Beijing Games, and organizers have yet to say how many local spectators will attend.

What doesn’t seem to be considered at all is that the athletes themselves need to be treated as adult moral agents and held responsible for what they will do or not do.

Any overture by the US to join in the delegation boycott of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics should be politely but firmly declined.

Britain will join Canada, Australia and the US in a diplomatic boycott against the Winter Olympics in Beijing to protest China's human rights abuses against Uyghurs.