There are now just 300 days to go until the Beijing Winter Olympics, but with Tokyo into its final runway – marking 100 days to go this week – the Beijing Olympics are in a bit of a holding pattern. All eyes are now turning towards Japan to see how it handles the Games, and China will no doubt be basing many decisions for 2022 on what happens this summer. But with more concrete news on a possible BioNTech vaccine in China, plus the US backing off its boycott talk – at least for now – it’s certainly been a better week for Beijing Organizing Committee.

Weekly Roundup

• Government set to approve BioNTech vaccine in China
• Test events finish second round
• President Xi pledges “simple, safe and splendid Olympics”
• “Too early” for US to discuss boycott
• More boycott news from around the world
• Other features and stories in the build-up to Beijing 2022