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General View inside the stadium ahead of the Opening Ceremony of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics at Beijing National Stadium on February 04, 2022 in Beijing, China. (Annice Lyn/Getty Images)
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China’s Olympic battle for legitimacy: The prehistory of the 2022 Beijing Games

Only through the lens of history can we understand why China fought so hard for a place in the Olympics on its own terms — to heal the scars of Western colonialism and civil war

  • Charles Xu
9 min read
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A sporting start

Exactly 100 years ago a Chinese YMCA lecturer had a dream — that one day China would host the Olympic games.

  • Staff Reporter
4 min read