Everywhere I go in China (restaurants, convenient stores, getting my hair cut) I see televisions showing Olympic coverage. Everywhere I see the One World One Dream logo. And everywhere, everywhere I see the country medal standings. I thought tabulating national medal counts was counter to the Olympic spirit and was actively discouraged? But the medal counts scroll across the bottom of every Chinese broadcast 24x7.
Not that I watch Chinese Olympic coverage. Strangely I come to the Olympics in China and find myself watching coverage from the Philippines. Which is ideal. The Philippines have relatively fewer athletes competing and so the coverage is remarkably broad and unbiased (and in English).
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