28-01-2022 14:35 via theguardian.com

Winter watch: how China might keep a tight Olympic grip

From surveillance to enforced holidays for activists, possible measures Beijing could take to prevent or deal with protestsIn the lead-up to the Beijing Winter Olympics there have been two major side-issues unrelated to sport: Covid, and human rights protests.Chinese authorities have implemented an ambitious “closed loop” system to try and keep the Games free of a coronavirus outbreak, or at least keep any outbreaks away from the general population. When it comes to protests, authori
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