The word of the day in chinese media is closed loop. This is their central idea. They 're going to create what they call closed loops. All around bajing. Thousands of athletes and officials will be confined to a closed loop. If any one ofthose are positive, it is straight to a quarantine facility.
The Games don’t begin until February 4, but the drama around the pandemic, free speech, and diplomatic boycotts has been building for months. NPR’s Emily Feng explains from Beijing.
This episode was produced by Hady Mawajdeh, edited by Matt Collette, engineered by Efim Shapiro, fact-checked by Laura Bullard and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.
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