According to Gosper, with the delayed Tokyo Olympic Games only being completed in August this year, the focus on building relationships and trust with Beijing officials ahead of February's Winter Olympics has been hampered.
"I think this time around, Beijing is suffering a little from the closeness of the recent Tokyo Games. "Even now, the flights from North America and from Europe are very restricted and very uncertain so all of this adds to the frustration for the press who are waiting to do a good job, and also the Chinese who want to do a good job.
While the West will naturally focus on COVID-19, reporting restrictions and the plight of a million Uyghurs detained in what the Chinese call "re-education camps", the Chinese authorities themselves are more concerned with delivering on their industrial-strength reasons for hosting the Games. "Since '08 there's been a sea change in the growth of China and the perspective of China to the rest of the world," Gosper said.
"But in the meantime, COVID has moved in and affected everybody's attitude to the Games … and every other activity."The IOC's relationship with China is also changed. Contributing around $5 billion to its Olympic Partner sponsorship program are Chinese companies Alibaba Group and Mengniu Dairy Company.
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