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Dystopian Olympics

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Dystopian Olympics
A security guard stands behind a barricade in an area not accessible to the general public, which will host the 2022 Winter Olympics at Olympic Park in Beijing on Jan. 23, 2022. Andrea Verdelli/Getty Images
Patricia Adams
Lawrence Solomon
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The Olympics used to be about the unbridled spirit of athletes, of the best of the best pursuing the Olympic motto of “faster, higher, stronger” in competition on a world stage for their country’s glory and their own.

Patricia Adams is an economist and president of the Energy Probe Research Foundation and Probe International, an independent think tank in Canada and around the world. She is the publisher of internet news services Three Gorges Probe and Odious Debts Online and the author or editor of numerous books. Her books and articles have been translated into Chinese, Spanish, Bengali, Japanese, and Bahasa Indonesia. She can be reached at [email protected]
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