
As Xi offers vaccines to Tokyo Olympics, China hopes to avoid a boycott of Beijing’s 2022 Winter Games – South China Morning Post
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In the second instalment of our Tokyo Trail series on key issues surrounding the Olympics, we look at at why China is pledging its support for the Games to go ahead.At a time when Japan is under mounting pressure to cancel or further postpone the Tokyo Games, support for the event has come from what might have once seemed a surprising direction.Chinese President Xi Jinping called International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach last week to pledge his support in ensuring the success…Read More
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