The Beijing Winter Games opened on Friday night in a snow- and ice themed ceremony at the Bird's Nest stadium that concluded with the cauldron lit by two
Olympic chiefs have denied they were responsible for allowing Russian President Vladimir Putin to flounce around the Olympic opening ceremony without a mask.
With Xi and Putin in attendance, China picked an athlete with a Uyghur name to help light the cauldron at the close of a festive ceremony. Leaders critical of China’s human rights record stayed home.