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A long journey, but 'smooth and seamless': foreign media enter Olympic 'closed loop'
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With the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics due to start in a few days, athletes and media have been steadily arriving in the three venues that will host the Games: Beijing, Yanqing and Zhangjiakou.

And despite worries ahead of time about COVID protocols – anyone entering the "closed loop system" at these Olympics is required to show proof of full vaccination and two nucleic tests in the 96 hours before arrival – foreign journalists CGTN spoke to said their arrival in China, including more checks and tests at Beijing's Capital Airport, had been unexpectedly swift and stress-free.

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