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Beijing Olympics 2022: What's at stake for China, Russia and the world
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February 4, 2022
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7:16Now PlayingChina first held the olympics in 2008, and it was seen to many as their "coming out party" onto the international stage, beginning to open up their image globally. At the time there was controversy over their human rights abuses and treatment of tibet, however others argued that by working with China at the olympics, it would lead to progress in terms of civil and human rights.
24 years on, China under Xi JinPing is now hosting the 2022 Winter Olympic games, but what has changed since 2008? Katie Stallard analyses the tale of two olympics, exploring China's relationship with Putin's Russia in the potential buildup to conflict with the Ukraine, China'a attitude towards human rights and their projected image to the international community.
Read Katie Stallard's full article here:
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