Beijing Olympic torchbearers to visit World Heritage sites

Beijing Olympic torchbearers will visit some of China's World Heritage sites such as the Great Wall and the Summer Palace royal garden, the organizers said Friday, two weeks before the games kick off amid the COVID-19 pandemic.The three-day torch relay for the Beijing Winter Olympics, which will open on Feb. 4, is scheduled to start at the center of the capital on Feb. 2 and around 1,200 people will join the event, they said. It will be scaled back to ensure the health and safety of the public due to the coronavirus outbreak.With concern mounting over another wave of infections, the relay i…READ FULL ARTICLE