Beijing Olympics 2.0: China’s soft power push

 

The Beijing Winter Olympics are under way. We analyse the coverage – both the PR and the negative reporting. Plus, French media mainstreaming Eric Zemmour.

The Olympics are back in Beijing, and China is using them as an opportunity to cleanse itself of its record on human rights as well as on its shrinking freedom of the press. Let the propaganda games begin.

The Olympics Will Be The Ultimate Test For China's Zero-COVID Policy | TIME

 

Hosting the Olympic Games is a daunting challenge during any year. Add a global pandemic, and the logistics of welcoming the world’s athletes in while keeping the virus out become complicated fast. But China believes its aggressive stance against COVID-19 is up to the task.

Its not just China's the aggressive stance against COVID-19, but against human rights, the rule of law and free speech.

Beijing Winter Olympics: A disaster for the environment?

 

Hundreds of snow machines have been at work since mid-November in what was previously the heart of a nature reserve. Creating slopes for the Beijing Winter Olympics requires huge amounts of energy and water, pumped in from faraway lakes.

Beijing Olympics: China's human rights record takes center stage

 

When Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai disappeared after accusing a high ranking communist official of sexual assault, the international outrage threw the Beijing Winter Games into upheaval. On Dec. 6, the White House announced that no U.S. government officials, including President Biden, will attend