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Feb 4 • 10 tweets • 6 min read
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…
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…
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… Image
China had something to prove when it hosted the 2008 Summer Olympics. Communist Party leaders framed the event as a coming-out party, a chance to proclaim their arrival as a global superpower.

Fourteen years later, the stakes have changed latimes.com/sports/olympic…
(From the archives, 2008) latimes.com/sports/la-olym…
Limited cases and no significant spread to the outside community could serve as validation for the gov't.

Tokyo was able to conduct its Olympics smoothly last summer, making any major disruptions in Beijing even more embarrassing, says @LATimesWharton latimes.com/sports/olympic…
The president of the International Olympic Committee sought to play down concerns about the safety of Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai and said he planned to go ahead with their long-promised dinner during the Beijing Games latimes.com/world-nation/s…
Last year, Peng accused a former senior Chinese Communist Party official of sexual assault.

Few people outside China had spoken with Peng in the last three months, which frustrated tennis leaders and activists who wanted to verify Peng’s well-being latimes.com/world-nation/s…
Our full #Beijing2022WinterOlympics coverage latimes.com/sports/olympics
How to watch the Beijing Olympics opening ceremony on Friday
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