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What can Beijing 2022 learn from the pandemic-delayed Tokyo 2020 Olympics?

The controversy surrounding Tokyo 2020 was immense, but once the pandemic-delayed Games began, it was all about the athletes and the magical moments the Olympics created. Now there are fewer than eight months to go before the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing kick off. So, what can Chinese officials learn from their Japanese counterparts when it comes to controversy and Covid-19?

August 10, 2021
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Chinese medallists Bao Shanju and Zhong Tianshi face an International Olympic Committee (IOC) investigation after the cyclists appeared on the podium in Tokyo wearing pins bearing the image of the...02:13
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Chinese Olympians wear Mao pins on podium
August 4, 2021
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North Korea has been suspended from the Olympic movement until the end of 2022, meaning the reclusive state will miss out on the Beijing Winter Games. The country was punished for failing to send a...01:35
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North Korea suspended from Beijing Winter Olympics
September 9, 2021
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A Chinese swimmer who lost his arms as a child has won four gold medals, all with record-breaking times, at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games. Zheng Tao was champion in the men's 50m butterfly, 50m...02:16
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China’s ‘armless flying fish’
September 7, 2021
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The Tokyo Paralympics ended with a fireworks display on September 5, 2021. Hundreds of people gathered outside the National Stadium in Tokyo to see the closing ceremony. The Games were held in...02:34
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Fireworks mark end of Tokyo Paralympic Games
September 6, 2021
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Chinese sprinter Liu Cuiqing broke her own Paralympic record to become champion at the women's 400m T11 Finals of the Tokyo Games on August 28, 2021. T11 is a class of sporting events, recognised...02:34
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China’s Paralympic ‘dream team’
September 1, 2021
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The Paralympic Games are officially under way in Tokyo after more than a year’s delay due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Team Hong Kong is hoping to add to its 40 gold medals from previous Paralympic...04:04
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Tokyo Paralympics kicks off as Hong Kong hopes to ride on Olympics ‘sports fever’
August 25, 2021
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Tokyo welcomed the beginning of the Paralympics on August 24, 2021, with fireworks. Organisers said the opening ceremony at the Olympic Stadium was attended by about 3,400 members of team...01:17
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Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games kick off with fireworks
August 24, 2021
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Hong Kong celebrated the city’s historic success at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games with a bus parade on August 19, 2021. Medallists, including swimmer Siobhan Haughey and karate exponent Grace Lau,...01:43
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Homecoming parade for Hong Kong’s Olympians
August 19, 2021
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Hong Kong celebrated the city’s historic success at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games with a bus parade on August 19, 2021. Medallists including swimmer Siobhan Haughey and karate exponent Grace Lau as...02:01
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Hong Kong Olympic athletes welcomed home with a parade
August 19, 2021
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The village of Chinese Olympic diving star Quan Hongchan has been closed to visitors following hordes of visitors arriving in the diver’s hometown. Quan has sparked excitement across the country...04:23
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Village of Chinese diving star closed to fans
August 13, 2021
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Japanese softball pitcher Miu Goto will have her Olympic gold medal replaced after her hometown’s mayor, Takashi Kawamura, chomped on the original, Tokyo 2020 organisers said on August 12, 2021. ...02:07
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Olympian to get new medal after mayor bites the first
August 12, 2021
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The family of Chinese Olympic diver Quan Hongchan has turned down free property and cash from fans. This comes as hordes of admirers flocked to her home in Maihe, Guangdong province, turning the...01:21
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Chinese Olympic diving champion declines gifts
August 11, 2021
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Hong Kong swimmer Siobhan Haughey, fresh off her legendary performance at Tokyo 2020, spoke exclusively to the SCMP's Patrick Blennerhassett about the experience of winning not one, but two medals...06:07
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Hong Kong swimmer Siobhan Haughey on the Tokyo Olympics, her historic silvers and future plans
August 9, 2021
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The closing ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics on August 8, 2021, echoed the restraint of a Games that was transformed by Covid-19. Inside the Olympic bubble, International Olympic Committee President...03:58
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Japan reflects on Tokyo Games
August 9, 2021
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The Tokyo Olympics have finally come to a close. Going into the final day, just two golds separated China (38) and the USA (36) at the top of the medal table. But golds for the US women’s...05:36
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Hong Kong cyclist Sarah Lee wins bronze
August 8, 2021
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Tokyo 2020 has been the Philippines’ most successful Olympics campaign in history, with its athletes having now won four medals at these Games. Meanwhile, Hong Kong track cyclist Sarah Lee has made...04:44
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Philippines celebrates its most successful Olympics ever, as Hong Kong’s Sarah Lee makes semi-finals
August 7, 2021
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Japanese police are using balloons to patrol the Olympic Games. Balloons equipped with surveillance cameras can be seen hovering over Tokyo’s skyline to monitor the flow of people and detect...01:29
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Balloons patrol crowds at Tokyo Olympics
August 6, 2021
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The Tokyo Olympics is starting to reach its climax with just three days to go. A total of 23 gold medals were up for grabs on day 14, with China clinching gold in the table tennis and javelin,...04:52
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China dominates in table tennis, javelin at Tokyo
August 6, 2021
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A 14-year-old Chinese diver obliterated the competition at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre with her three perfect-10 scores to capture a gold medal in dominant fashion in the Olympic 10m platform final...02:44
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China’s 14-year-old Olympic champion
August 6, 2021
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Gyoda city north of the Japanese capital Tokyo has earned a reputation for creating some of the world's largest works of art. The pieces formed in rice paddies by carefully planting crops in...01:58
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Rice paddy art for Tokyo Olympics
August 6, 2021
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Hong Kong’s best-ever Olympics got even better with the team picking up two bronze medals on day 13 of the Tokyo Olympics. The Hong Kong women's table tennis team got things off to a perfect start,...04:10
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HK celebrates historic bronze medal haul
August 5, 2021
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Belarusian Olympic sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya arrived in Poland on August 4, 2021, three days after refusing her team’s order to go home early from the Tokyo Games. Poland has granted the 24...03:49
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Belarusian sprinter arrives in Poland
August 4, 2021