Nope.
USA and Canada have hosted both.
Population: 21 million.
Previous Olympics: 2008 Summer Games.
Previous winter bids: None.
Bid leader: Beijing Mayor Wang Anshun.
Number of venues: 6 existing and 3 planned.
Olympic Villages: 3.
Organizing committee budget: $1.558 billion.
Infrastructure budget: $1.511 billion (not including high-speed rail line between Beijing and mountain venues).
Public Support: 88 percent in Beijing; 92 percent in China (IOC poll results).
Proposed dates: Feb. 4-20.
Slogan: "Joyful Rendezvous upon Pure Ice and Snow."
Pros: Experience of hosting 2008 Olympics; use of 2008 venues, including "Bird's Nest" and "Water Cube;" China's political and economic stability; familiarity with IOC members; seen as safe choice that can be counted on to deliver; potential of developing winter sports market to hundreds of millions of Chinese; strong campaign machine.
Cons: Lack of winter sports tradition, atmosphere and natural snow; heavy reliance on water supplies for artificial snow-making; long distances between Beijing and mountain venues; sense among some IOC members of "been-there-done-that" in Beijing; air pollution; human rights issues.
IOC evaluation report: "Beijing 2022 has offered a regional concept intended to develop a winter sports market for more than 300 million people in northern China."
Status: The city to beat.
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ok but what does a Canook know about the Olympics anyways
China to be the first country to host the Olympics three times.
