Mid-Olympics Commentary

I remember the first time I looked at the Olympics through a critical lens. Beijing 2008. And I’m not alone; almost everyone remembers the media harping on the Chinese government for literally building a wall around the “slums”, separating the rich from the poor in such an obvious, tactless maneuver. But of course with the anti-China pro-western mentality we’ve been raised to possess, this was almost expected. China has a history of violating international human rights agreements, so it’s only “natural” that they should continue these practices even when the public eye is staring them down.

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