Don’t Let the Bright Lights of the Olympics Blind You to the People Suffering in Its Shadows

General View inside the stadium of the Olympic Cauldron as a firework display is seen above during the opening ceremony of the 2022 Winter Olympics at the Beijing National Stadium in Beijing, China, on Feb. 4, 2022. David Ramos/Getty Images

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While millions of people around the world were watching the opening ceremony of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, in the very same city the ceremony was taking place, Xu Yonghai was being put under house arrest at a motel.