How China’s Nationalism Turned the Olympics Into a Battlefield for Chinese Supremacy.

The story of the Olympics is meant to be one of solidarity and unity, of nations uniting under one common purpose: to bear witness to the pinnacle of human athletic achievement and to celebrate greatness, no matter its source. But too often, the world has been willing to overlook grave injustices, including genocide, for the grandeur of the Games and the hunt for athletic supremacy. Join Simone Gao as she explores China’s intent to build an Olympics based on nationalistic pride, the devastating impacts of their obsession with gold on the lives of their athletes, and the values we must uphold as nations choose whether to participate in next year’s genocide Olympics in Beijing.