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Next month’s Beijing Winter Olympics are likely to remain significant even with the general public blocked due to COVID-19, a senior Tokyo Games official said delayed due to last year’s pandemic. China on Monday canceled its goal of selling tickets for the Beijing Olympics to the public, and the number of coronavirus cases in the country hit its highest since March 2020. Beijing 2022 leaders said they would “instead host spectators to watch the Games on site,” explaining how they will be selected. The Tokyo Olympics, postponed due to the pandemic, were held almost entirely behind closed doors last summer,...
