Despite international calls for a boycott of the 2022 Olympics due to human rights violations, Beijing was determined to show that it could conquer COVID-19 and host another spectacular Olympics. But behind all the politics and the soft power, China's sports industry has changed dramatically since those first Games in 2008:
Sinologist, linguist, jazz pianist. Author of "A Billion Voices: China's Search for a Common Language," Penguin Books. https://t.co/MSpDB7n7QI
This week's Barbarians at the Gate welcomes Mark Dreyer with his new book "Sporting Superpower: An Insider’s View on China’s Quest to Be the Best." Amazing inside anecdotes about the politics, money and soft power behind Beijing's Olympics fever. https://t.co/yTfOLBSEDr