Post by: AngelOfThyNight on February 21, 2021, 05:26:46 PM
As the sound of fireworks rang out over Beijing to mark the close of the 2008 Summer Olympics, China's leaders could have been forgiven for breathing a sigh of relief.
Source: The 2008 Olympics were a soft power victory for Beijing. A successful Games in 2022 could validate its authoritarian system (http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_topstories/~3/L6nDyk5gcmo/index.html)