at the 2008 beijing olympics. this year, she is volunteering again. translation: we are just ordinary people working i as assistants as best we can. if we do every little thing well, we can help complete something huge like the olympics. nearly 2,000 volunteers have joined armies of security staff. they will separate categories of people to reduce covid 19 transmission at the games. beijing has been testing entire housing communities following recent outbreaks of the virus. as for the public, they may not be able to buy 0lympic tickets, but at least they can watch the games on television during this lunar new year holiday. stephen mcdonell, bbc news, beijing. i m not waving goodbyejust i m not waving goodbye just yet though, we ve got all the top business stories right here
ata map. there are three main bubble areas one in downtown beijing, one in beijing s mountains and another in the mountains of neighbouring hubei province, with bubble transport in between. but it s even more complicated than you might think because there are also these little satellite bubbles attached to the main ones. this 5 star hotel, for example, is its own isolation bubble. those staying there won t meet anyone out here in the street they will just shuttle from the hotel to the olympic events then, after that, leave china. thousands of university students will help to make the olympics run smoothly, some inside the bubbles, some outside. zhang junying was a volunteer at the 2008 beijing olympics. this year, she is volunteering again. translation: we are just ordinary people working i as assistants as best we can.
without special olympic accreditation or without permission from officials, you can t go past those gates there to enter the bubble. even though it is a huge area with venues and the like a small village, effectively even within there, there are discrete bubbles so that athletes don t mix with the media or invited spectators. using dedicated driving lanes, olympic vehicles move between zones. special high speed trains also connect to the city and the mountain venues. to get an idea of the scale of this, let s have a look ata map. there are three main bubble areas one in downtown beijing, one in beijing s mountains and another in the mountains of neighbouring hubei province, with bubble transport in between. but it s even more complicated than you might think because there are also these little satellite bubbles
translation: we are just ordinary people working as assistant as best we can. if we do every little thing well, we can help complete something huge like the olympics. nearly 2000 volunteers huge like the olympics. nearly 2000 volunteers have - huge like the olympics. nearly 2000 volunteers have joined l 2000 volunteers have joined armies of security staff. they will separate categories of people to reduce covid 19 transmission at the games. beijing has been testing entire housing communities following recent outbreaks of the virus. the is for the public, they may not be able to buy olympic tickets but at least they can watch the games on television during the lunar new year holiday. omicron is expected to make 2022 another tough year for the travel industry in asia, according to the economist intelligence unit. simon baptist, global chief economist for the group, explains how asia might navigate its covid challenges in the coming year.
it first appeared on our tv screens in 2003, but since 2016 it has only been available online via bbc iplayer. a special episode of rupaul s drag race will form part of the launch night programming. the broadcating regulatory body ofcom says the relaunch will help the bbc reach younger viewers. later this week, beijing will become the first city ever to host both the summer and winter olympics. putting on one of the world s biggest sporting events in a country still committed to zero covid and with the omicron variant spreading has presented a massive logistical challenge. the solution has been to enforce enormous, strict, separation bubbles, as our china correspondent, stephen mcdonell, explains. in beijing, olympic athletes and the public are not allowed to mix. from arrival at the airport, visiting teams are in their own bubble.