The biden administration will not send any diplomatic or official representation to the bajing 20 22 winter olympics and par games. Chinese tennis player pung swi spoke with the president of the olympic committee on a video call to day, but there are still many questions about her safety. The plight of china's weaker community and their harsh repression looms large over the winter olympICS.
This year’s weird Winter Olympics were overshadowed by politics, Covid-19, and the threat of war. But as NPR’s Tom Goldman explains, the biggest scandals were still about the sports.
This episode was produced by Will Reid with help from Victoria Chamberlin, edited by Matt Collette, engineered by Paul Robert Mounsey, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.
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