They can't have people catch on to what's going on before they finish the campaign and get a shot in everyone, can they?
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Beijing, February 4-20, 2022.
Option 1: Athletes go there, exert themselves, die in the middle of the Olympics right in China. (or 1a, they die and a massive disinfo op occurs to try and hide it, which will work about as well as Peng Shuai). Huge loss of face to PRC.
Option 2: Cancel China Olympics due to COVID. Everyone knows it's the Chinese virus even as PRC is trying to deflect and contain. Huge loss of face to PRC.
Yet another variation of NCSWIC.
It is incredible that any country is going to Red China after what they have done to the world with this weaponized virus. If these Olympics go on I don't believe there's any hope left for the world.
Don't get too worked up; the modern olympics have always been political. Being ancient, I recall Sovs and US judges trashing each others' skaters and gymnasts in scoring where subjectively able (thus Nadia's perfect 10).
That's the puppet show; but 'face' cannot be ignored in Eastern or Western nations.