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China President Xi Jinping Promises Clean, Green 2022 Winter Games

China President Xi Jinping said that his country will "hold a clean and green Winter Olympics when it hosts the games in 2022, an event that will also help regional peace and stability," according to Ben Blanchard of REUTERS. Beijing and the nearby city of Zhangjiakou "won the right to host" the Games in '15. The only other city bidding was Almaty, Kazakhstan, "after other competitors dropped out, citing costs and other worries." While Beijing hosted the 2008 Summer Games to "wide acclaim," its bid for the Winter Games was "dogged by concern over numerous issues, such as corruption, the city's notorious smog, a lack of snow and China's poor human rights record." Xi said that the 2022 Winter Games would be a "remarkable, extraordinary and excellent event." Xi: "The preparations for the 2022 Winter Olympics will be a major task for China in the years to come. China will prepare and host the 2022 Games in a green, sharing, open and clean-fingered manner. Hosting the 2022 Winter Olympics will also boost the economic growth of China and other countries along the Belt and Road routes, and enhance regional peace and stability." He reportedly "made no direct mention of a possible lack of snow or Beijing's terrible smog problem." There have also been "concerns about Internet restrictions, though the IOC said in October it was confident China would guarantee uncensored Internet when it hosts the Games" (REUTERS, 1/18). 

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