Beijing, boycotts, and the enduring politics of the Olympics

Explain It to Me

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Education, Politics, News, Society & Culture

4.4 • 7.9K Ratings

🗓️ 11 February 2022

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Dylan Matthews talks with Victor Cha (@VictorDCha) about the international politics surrounding the 2022 Beijing Olympics. The US and several other countries are boycotting the games to protest China’s human rights record, which brings up the question: What does this boycott mean for US-China relations? References: Beyond the Final Score by Victor Cha Cha on the politicization of the 2022 Games Vox’s Jen Kirby on the Biden administration’s diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Olympics Vox’s Bryan Walsh on the failure of the Games to promote international peace Olympic sponsors are facing pressure over China’s human rights violations Hosts: Dylan Matthews (@dylanmatt), senior correspondent, Vox Credits: Sofi LaLonde, producer and engineer Libby Nelson, editorial adviser Amber Hall, deputy editorial director of talk podcasts Sign up for The Weeds newsletter each Friday: vox.com/weedsletter Want to support The Weeds? Please consider making a donation to Vox: bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:36.6	Hello and welcome to another episode of the Weeds.
0:54.6	I'm your host Dylan Matthews.
0:57.3	Right now we are in the middle of the Winter Olympics in Beijing.
1:01.1	I grew up in New Hampshire where it feels like half the kids in your high school are trying
1:04.7	out or training for the Winter Olympics at any given time.
1:07.8	Shout out to Gold Medalist Hannah Kerney, who is a few years ahead of me.
1:11.6	So the colder, I see or half of the Olympics has always had a really special place in my
1:15.4	heart.
1:17.0	But the Olympics have always been about more than sports.
1:20.1	There are major media and national governments and they've historically been a place where
1:23.5	geopolitical tensions play out where countries try to improve their reputations and diminish
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