BEIJING, Feb. 5 (Xinhua) -- As the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games open on Friday night, the Chinese capital is basked in the Olympic glory and a surging joy.
Beijing is the world's first-ever dual Olympic city.
At the same iconic National Stadium, where the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games were held, a "streamlined, safe and splendid" Winter Olympics kicked off amid challenges brought by COVID-19.
