In China, all eyes are on the ongoing Winter Olympics. Although the Games have come under scrutiny for a number of reasons beyond sport, they are also the culmination of an impressive campaign to convert more than 300 million people into winter sport aficionados. Our correspondents report. We also speak to Susan Brownell, a professor of anthropology at the University of Missouri–Saint Louis.
Meanwhile, Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai has spoken to Western media for the first time since she accused a high-ranking Chinese official of sexual assault. She says it was all a "huge misunderstanding". But can this statement really be taken at face value? We put the question to our guest Susan Brownell.
Finally, we look back at the career of India's emblematic singer Lata Mangeshkar. Known by millions as the "Nightingale of India", she died on Sunday aged 92 after suffering from Covid-19. Her instantly recognisable songs were a permanent feature of Bollywood since the 1940s and were heard in more than 1,000 films. Mangeshkar came to symbolise the voice of a nation.
