An exclusive inside look with your free CNN account 🇨🇳 a reporter's dream gig meets reality People in protective gear walk past a display at the main press center on January 26 in Beijing. (Photo credit: Carl Court/Getty Images) When David Culver took the job as CNN’s Beijing correspondent, he admits, part of his excitement was the idea of covering the 2022 Winter Olympics. CNN correspondent David Culver sets up a live shot from Beijing. (Photo credit: Justin Robertson/CNN) But being outside that loop may put the China-based team at an advantage, Jiang said, because the most pressing news stories tied to the Olympics, such as Covid-19 and the US diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Games, “are better covered outside the venues.”
The Beijing Olympics will be the second Olympic Games to take place during the pandemic. The delayed Tokyo Summer Olympics, originally planned for 2020, wrapped up six months ago and provided a test case for how to cover such a massive worldwide sporting event amid Covid restrictions.
The Winter Olympics end on February 20, but there’s really no clear end to China’s strict Covid policies. Later this year, China is gearing up for its Communist Party Congress, where President Xi Jinping is expected to be granted a rare third term in office – and the government will not want Covid overshadowing that event.
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