The 2008 Beijing Olympics showcased China's reemergence on the world stage. In awarding those Games to China, the International Olympic Committee predicted the Olympics could improve human rights, and ...

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia -- Throughout more than 120 years of Olympic history, no city has hosted both the winter and summer games. Now, Beijing will be the first do it -- and in the span of just 14 ...

BEIJING (AP) - "We welcome China as a winter sport country," Bach said, closing the Games. He called their organization "extraordinary" and. credited the Chinese and their organizing committee for ...

SHAOXING, China, Oct 28 (Reuters) - Xia Zhiyi drove his family 40 kilometres (25 miles) to an indoor ski park in China's eastern Shaoxing city so his 12-year old daughter could practise skiing on a ...

Welcomed by the President of the People’s Republic of China, Xi Jinping, IOC President Kirsty Coventry witnessed the ...

falls in the women’s free skate program during the figure skating competition at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China, Feb. 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue, File) Add AP News on Google Add ...

WASHINGTON -- The Biden administration will not send any diplomatic representatives to the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing as a statement against Chinese human rights abuses in Xinjiang, White House ...

President Xi Jinping declared China's 15th National Games open on Sunday, marking his fourth straight appearance at the ...

In 2022, after three minutes of spinning, flipping and skiing down a slopestyle course designed to resemble China’s Great ...

Kazakhstan or China may win the bid by default. May 28, 2014— -- Add Krakow to the growing list of cities who do not want to host the 2022 Winter Olympics. The Polish city withdrew its bid this ...