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Beijing Olympics open in 4 months; human rights talk absent

FILE - In this Feb. 5, 2021, file photo, the curving track of the National Sledding Center is seen in Yanqing on the outskirts of Beijing. Beijing organizers on Monday, Oct. 4, 2021 announced a series of new test events. This schedule comes days after organizers and the IOC published rigid restrictions at the Games for athletes and everyone else, controls that apparently have the full support of the IOC. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

Yao Hui, Beijing's Winter Olympic Games organizing committee official in charge of venues, drinks from a cup during a press conference in Beijing Monday, Oct. 4, 2021. Beijing organizers on Monday announced a series of new test events. This schedule comes days after organizers and the IOC published rigid restrictions at the Games for athletes and everyone else, controls that apparently have the full support of the IOC. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

FILE - In this March 31, 2021, file photo, workers fix the surface of a road outside the newly completed National Speed Skating Oval ahead of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics test events in Beijing. Beijing organizers on Monday, Oct. 4, 2021 announced a series of new test events. This schedule comes days after organizers and the IOC published rigid restrictions at the Games for athletes and everyone else, controls that apparently have the full support of the IOC. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)

FILE - In this July 14, 2021, file photo, a reporter uses his smartphone to film a light show at the National Ski Jumping Centre, one of the venues for Beijing 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, during a media tour in Zhangjiakou in northwestern China's Hebei province. When the International Olympic Committee awarded Beijing the 2008 Summer Olympics, it promised the Games could improve human rights and civil liberties in China. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)

Huang Chun, Beijing's Winter Olympic Games organizing committee official involved with pandemic controls, speaks during a press conference in Beijing Monday, Oct. 4, 2021. When the International Olympic Committee awarded Beijing the 2008 Summer Olympics, it promised the Games could improve human rights and civil liberties in China. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

A child holding a Chinese national flag pass near Dwen Dwen, the official mascot for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic at the Wangfujing retail street in Beijing Sunday, Oct. 3, 2021. When the International Olympic Committee awarded Beijing the 2008 Summer Olympics, it promised the Games could improve human rights and civil liberties in China. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Residents wearing masks pass by the mascots for the Beijing Winter Olympics and Paralympics in Beijing Sunday, Oct. 3, 2021. When the International Olympic Committee awarded Beijing the 2008 Summer Olympics, it promised the Games could improve human rights and civil liberties in China. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Journalists wearing masks attend a press conference held by the Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee in Beijing Monday, Oct. 4, 2021. When the International Olympic Committee awarded Beijing the 2008 Summer Olympics, it promised the Games could improve human rights and civil liberties in China. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Children wearing masks run past the logos for the Beijing Winter Olympics and Paralympics at the Shougang Park in Beijing Monday, Oct. 4, 2021. When the International Olympic Committee awarded Beijing the 2008 Summer Olympics, it promised the Games could improve human rights and civil liberties in China. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

A visitor to the Shougang Park pose for photos in front of a sculpture depicting figure skaters and the Olympic Rings in Beijing Monday, Oct. 4, 2021. When the International Olympic Committee awarded Beijing the 2008 Summer Olympics, it promised the Games could improve human rights and civil liberties in China. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Residents wearing masks pass by a countdown clock for the Beijing Winter Olympic Games at the Wangfujing retail street in Beijing Sunday, Oct. 3, 2021. When the International Olympic Committee awarded Beijing the 2008 Summer Olympics, it said the Games would improve human rights and civil liberties in China. There is no such lofty talk this time with Beijing's 2022 Olympics - the first city to host both the Summer and Winter Games - opening in just four months on Feb. 4. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Beijing Olympics open in 4 months; human rights talk absent