Barely six months after the Summer Olympics were held in Tokyo, its Winter counterpart returns to the international stage, this time in Beijing, China.
The Beijing Winter Olympics are poised to be stand apart from past years for several reasons, none of which bode well. With the last Games hosted in Pyeonchang, South Korea in 2018, these are the first Winter Olympics to be staged after COVID-19, which comes with several complications in terms of on-site spectators and media. Then there are the geopolitical issues surrounding the Chinese government’s multiple human rights abuses, prompting countries including the U.S.