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To sum up #Beijing Winter Olympics 2022:
1) China held the event in a pandemic
2) Showcased measures to control Covid, keeping everyone safe. (Embarrassing US/UK)
3) First carbon neutral games
4) Solidarity among athletes despite media hostility.
5) Beautiful, hi-tech facilities
1) China held the event in a pandemic
2) Showcased measures to control Covid, keeping everyone safe. (Embarrassing US/UK)
3) First carbon neutral games
4) Solidarity among athletes despite media hostility.
5) Beautiful, hi-tech facilities
The @BBC blathering on again about NO SNOW, then TOO MUCH SNOW. 🙄
So instead of Plague Island learning anything from the #BeijingOlympics, the BBC blocks facts with hate propaganda.
China spends more on green energy than anyone else, and the games are carbon neutral.
So instead of Plague Island learning anything from the #BeijingOlympics, the BBC blocks facts with hate propaganda.
China spends more on green energy than anyone else, and the games are carbon neutral.
The Olympic Games are said to be about promoting goodwill and celebrating the brotherhood of mankind. But they actually tend to make democratic states more authoritarian.
@GustavoArellano explores what that could mean for the Games coming to L.A. in 2028 latimes.com/podcasts/story…
@GustavoArellano explores what that could mean for the Games coming to L.A. in 2028 latimes.com/podcasts/story…
In this #TheTimes 🎙️ episode, @GustavoArellano talks to Human Rights Watch China Director @SophieHRW and Pacific University political science professor @JulesBoykoff.
Check out the full podcast 🔊👇 #Beijing2022WinterOlympics latimes.com/podcasts/story…
Check out the full podcast 🔊👇 #Beijing2022WinterOlympics latimes.com/podcasts/story…
Controversy has beset the #Beijing2022WinterOlympics on two fronts, casting a harsh light on the host country’s human rights record while raising concerns about a coronavirus outbreak among thousands of athletes, coaches and media latimes.com/sports/olympic… 
“Barrier-free internet” only at the hotel lobby. #Beijing2022
First time back in my only home for 10 years. More emotional than I thought I would be.
China can put on a show. #Beijing2022WinterOlympics
Inside the #Beijing2022WinterOlympics – fake snow, hazmat suits and robot bartenders
đź“Ť Sports journalist @owenslot reports from Beijing
thetimes.co.uk/article/inside…
đź“Ť Sports journalist @owenslot reports from Beijing
thetimes.co.uk/article/inside…
Just as we had been informed, people in hazmat suits were there to greet us. A small army of them, head to toe in the full plastic and goggles – you step off the plane and there they are. Welcome to Beijing.
✍️ @owenslot
✍️ @owenslot
There are medals to be cherished here at this most extraordinary of #WinterOlympics, there will be glory to be celebrated that for many athletes will be like no other in their professional lives
