by the strict measures being put in place all over the country, some cities are totally being locked down. there is one place you cannot leave. they are helping with tracking and tracing, strict measures, cutting transport, advising everyone in the country not to travel if you don t have to, they can get back to zero in the run up to the winter olympics coming up next february. they do not want any coronavirus in the country when the winter olympics kicks off but it will be very interesting to see if the chinese authorities can do it again with the delta variant. can they crush this latest outbreak using their very strict measures being put in place? or will the delta variant be too much for them? thank you, stephen mcdonell in beijing. time to bask in some olympic glory. beth shriever picked up a gold medal
undergone many enormous, and sometimes drastic, changes. here is our china correspondence stephen mcdonell in beijing. in the coming hours, the heart of beijing will see a series of events marking 100 years since the founding of the communist party of china. the precise nature of these events has been kept under wraps, but tiananmen square is expected to feature heavily as a location. there s already been a mega event at the olympic stadium, and footage of this nationalist spectacle has already been released in dribs and drabs, featuring a cast of thousands depicting key moments in history seen as victories for the party. it s not, though, for ordinary people to attend the event at the bird s nest stadium or the events of today. that s for loyal party members only. the idea is that, for them, at some point, they ll sit back
let s just bring you some breaking news here in the uk. sussex police have in the past few minutes said that two men have been killed in aircraft crash near goodwood airfield a few miles north of chichester. the pair, aged 65 and 58, died when their light plane came down near the airfield just after a.30pm this afternoon. sussex police has said that support is being provided to the dead men s families. in the coming hours, china s communist party will be marking its 100th anniversary. events will take place in tiananmen square and president xijinping is expected to give a keynote address. the party was founded in 1921 after radical ideologies like marxism gained traction among chinese intellectuals. it grew quickly, and by 1919, it defeated the kuomintang s nationalist government in a civil war, leading to the establishment of the people s republic of china. led by mao zedong. the ideology of china s communist party has since undergone many enormous, and sometimes drastic, changes. h
stephen mcdonell in beijing. in the coming hours, the heart of beijing will see a series of events marking 100 years since the founding of the communist party of china. the precise nature of these events has been kept under wraps, but tiananmen square is expected to feature heavily as a location. there s already been a mega event at the olympic stadium, and footage of this nationalist spectacle has already been released in dribs and drabs, featuring a cast of thousands depicting key moments in history seen as victories for the party. it s not, though, for ordinary people to attend the event at the bird s nest stadium or the events of today. that s for loyal party members only. the idea is that, for them, at some point, they ll sit back and watch it all on television. if we look at the communist party s 100 years of history here, there have been achievements and utter disasters. so what won t be mentioned today? well, for example,