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 ...

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 ...

In a move filled with political symbolism, China chose an athlete with Uyghur heritage to light the Olympic flame at the Opening Ceremony for the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. The move comes as ...

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 ...