Analysis: Beijing’s 2008 Olympics was a soft power victory for China, but 2022 may be another story

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Remembered today as an event in which record-breaking sporting achievements were matched only by the spectacular pageantry and organization of the Games, the success of the Beijing Olympics was no sure thing. China had never hosted the Olympics before, and in the run-up to the 2008 Games — held under the slogan “One World, One … Read more