Inside Beijing's 'closed loop' Olympic Games
CBC News | Posted: February 2, 2022 1:00 PM | Last Updated: February 2, 2022
In 2015, Beijing won the bid to host the 2022 Winter Olympics. Since then, COVID-19, deteriorating relations with the West, allegations of human rights abuses in Xinjiang and a resulting diplomatic boycott put a damper on the Games.
Yet China plowed forward, promising to put on a spectacular show while keeping out COVID-19, through the use of tight, non-negotiable safety measures.
Today, we're talking to The National's Adrienne Arsenault from inside the rigid operation created to keep Beijing's 21 million residents safe from COVID-19 — and to keep the world's athletes, journalists and Winter Olympics' staff fenced in.