RPT-China looks to Winter Olympics as chance for rare soft power win amid COVID, rights concerns
(Repeats to more subscribers) BEIJING, Feb 3 (Reuters) - The Winter Olympics, due to begin in one year, offer China a chance to show off its epidemic controls, dazzle with spectacle, and seize a publicity win on the world stage - but human rights concerns and COVID-19 uncertainty cast a cloud over the games. Organisers promise a “joyful rendezvous upon pure ice and snow” that will kick off on Feb. 4, 2022. Artificial powder will likely be needed to help cover the slopes carved out on the brown, arid mountains to Beijing’s northwest. “China will want the Olympics to set a new narrative...
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