A Machine making the Olympic Games – King Cheung

 Fs 1280 Olympics King Cheung is a cultural critic from Hong Kong, Hegel Chong translated part of this commentary on his Reading China blog:

When Hiseh Chang-ting run for election of Taipei City Mayor, he proposed to hold Taipei Olympic Games in 2020. It is very common that politicians make use of sport event to gain political interest. But in the news report last week, I heard a very naive notion. “Let’s return politics to politics, sports to sports”. What? What a childish notion! And there is notion of “being isolated from the big Olympic family”. What big family? Very nauseating. Now it is not about going to the football field with close friends. It is the Olympic Games! Let’s look back on its history. Let’s see how the Olypic Games are so politicized and dirty. [Full Text]

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