
More than 1 million people apply to enter Beijing's Covid-free Olympic bubble
CNN
Enthusiasm for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics is building in China, with people clamoring for spots as volunteer workers -- even as restrictions tighten amid an ongoing Covid-19 outbreak.
Since applications opened nearly two years ago, more than 1 million people have applied to work unpaid at the Beijing Games, which will be held in February, state-run tabloid Global Times reported on Monday. Of that massive pool, nearly 20,000 volunteers were selected -- mostly college students from Beijing and the surrounding Hebei province.

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