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The Winter Olympics were a glittering success for Beijing. But the beautiful TV pictures and some remarkable performances don’t gloss over a dark side that Xi Jinping’s regime is still trying hard to hide. Beijing2022

The allegations of human rights abuses may have been quietened for 16 days, but they are still there. China’s economic power, and its influence particularly in Africa, shouldn’t be the reason those concerns are shoved under the proverbial carpet. Groups like the Uyghur, the people of Tibet, and the defenders of democracy in Hong Kong deserve better.

And the third point has less to do with China, and more to do with the rest of the world, particularly Russia and the United States. On the day after Russia had won the team medal in figure skating, the news broke that 15-year-old prodigy Kamila Valieva had tested positive for a banned drug on Christmas Day.

Even if she is found guilty, she may not be banned. Her age will give her lawyers a basis to argue for a warning or some other sanction. But even if you agree that it’s been unfair, the treatment meted out to Valieva by adult Americans was nothing short of outrageous. One group of commentators refused to commentate on her routine, the bias was overboard from many, including the Australian commentator heard on the coverage in South Africa. All the Russian skaters, who’ve taken the sport to a new level, were roundly criticized for being ‘too technical’.

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