Naturally, the Summer Olympics will always be a bigger deal than the Winter Games, simply because there are so many more countries invested in it. And then, of course, there's Covid. It is impossible to host "normal" Games with coronavirus outbreaks exploding in cities all round Beijing, in a country still officially committed to a "zero Covid" strategy.
fredag 28. januar 2022
Beijing 2022 vs 2008: Two Olympics and two very different Chinas
Beijing is about to become the first city to have hosted both the Summer and Winter Olympics. But much has changed between 2008 and 2022. This time round, the mood, the host government's attitude, and global expectations are all very different. I covered the Beijing Games in 2008 and still live in the Chinese capital. In 2022 the atmosphere is definitely not the same.
Naturally, the Summer Olympics will always be a bigger deal than the Winter Games, simply because there are so many more countries invested in it. And then, of course, there's Covid. It is impossible to host "normal" Games with coronavirus outbreaks exploding in cities all round Beijing, in a country still officially committed to a "zero Covid" strategy.
Naturally, the Summer Olympics will always be a bigger deal than the Winter Games, simply because there are so many more countries invested in it. And then, of course, there's Covid. It is impossible to host "normal" Games with coronavirus outbreaks exploding in cities all round Beijing, in a country still officially committed to a "zero Covid" strategy.
