BEIJING: A Winter Olympics overshadowed by diplomatic boycotts and concerns about human rights, Covid and the safety of Peng Shuai begins next Friday in a vast "bubble" in the Chinese capital Beijing.

Warnings about air pollution, government snooping and the environmental impact of a Games, which relies almost entirely on man-made snow, add to the mix.

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