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Beijing Olympics
Beijing Olympics may refer to: * 2008 Summer Olympics, Games of the XXIX Olympiad * 2022 Winter Olympics, XXIV Winter Olympic Games See also * Beijing Paralympics (other) * Beijing (other) Beijing, literally "northern capital" in Chinese, is the capital city of the People's Republic of China. Beijing may also refer to: Historical capitals * Taiyuan, formerly Běijīng or Běidū, capital city under the Tang Dynasty and Later Five ... * Olympics (other) {{sport index ...
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2008 Summer Olympics
The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and officially branded as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) competed in 28 sports and 302 events, one event more than those scheduled for the 2004 Summer Olympics. This was the first time China had hosted the Olympic Games, and the third time the Summer Olympic Games had been held in East Asia, following the 1964 Summer Olympics, 1964 Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, and the 1988 Summer Olympics, 1988 Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. These were also the second Summer Olympic Games to be held in a communist state, the first being the 1980 Summer Olympics in the Soviet Union (with venues in Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Russia, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, Ukraine, Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic, Byelorussia, and Estonian Soviet Socialis ...
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2022 Winter Olympics
The 2022 Winter Olympics, officially called the XXIV Olympic Winter Games () and commonly known as Beijing 2022 (2022), were an international winter multi-sport event held from 4 to 20 February 2022 in Beijing, China, and surrounding areas with competition in selected events beginning 2 February 2022. It was the 24th edition of the Winter Olympic Games. Beijing was selected as host city on 31 July 2015 at the 128th IOC Session in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, marking its second time hosting the Olympics, and the last of three consecutive Olympics hosted in East Asia following the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang County, South Korea, and the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Having previously hosted the 2008 Summer Olympics, Beijing became the first city to have hosted both the Summer and Winter Olympics. The venues for the Games were concentrated around Beijing, its suburb Yanqing District, and Zhangjiakou, with some events (including the ceremonies and curling) repurposing v ...
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Beijing Paralympics (other)
Beijing Paralympics may refer to: * 2008 Summer Paralympics, in Beijing, China * 2022 Winter Paralympics, in Beijing, China See also * Beijing Olympics (other) * Beijing (other) Beijing, literally "northern capital" in Chinese, is the capital city of the People's Republic of China. Beijing may also refer to: Historical capitals * Taiyuan, formerly Běijīng or Běidū, capital city under the Tang Dynasty and Later Five ...
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Beijing (other)
Beijing, literally "northern capital" in Chinese, is the capital city of the People's Republic of China. Beijing may also refer to: Historical capitals * Taiyuan, formerly Běijīng or Běidū, capital city under the Tang Dynasty and Later Five Dynasties * Daming County, formerly Beijing, capital under the Northern Song dynasty * Ningcheng County, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, known as Beijing under the 12th-century Jurchen Jin dynasty Places in People's Republic of China * Beijing Subdistrict, Guangzhou (北京街道), a subdistrict of Yuexiu District, Guangzhou, Guangdong * Beijing, Guangxi (北景), a town in Dahua Yao Autonomous County, Guangxi * Beijing Township (北景乡), a township in Linyi County, Shanxi Other uses *Beijing (locomotive) or China Railways BJ, a diesel-hydraulic locomotive * Beijing 1, a 1950s aircraft prototype * Common metonym for the Government of China See also * Historical capitals of China This is a list of historical capitals of China. F ...
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