[Opinion]

Is Western media trying to make China sick for the Olympics?

October 24, 2021
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Directed by Andy Boreham. Subtitles by Wang Haoling and Andy Boreham.

With the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics just 130 days away, Western mainstream media have begun ramping up their pressure on China to ditch its "zero tolerance" COVID approach, with some going as far as to suggest China can't host the Winter Olympics unless it ditches its efforts to stop people dying from the virus.

What's their motive? Is it because they want better access to China for business and travel, or is it more sinister?

Today I take a look at some recent Western media reports trying to push China to "live with the virus" (or die with the virus, as is the case with 700,000 Americans already) in order to host a successful Winter Olympics.

Let's get reporting!

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