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.