Covid-19 has been a dominant theme during Beijing’s Winter Games. Photo: dpa
Covid-19 has been a dominant theme during Beijing’s Winter Games. Photo: dpa

As Winter Olympics end, will China’s hosting win medals for diplomacy?

  • Negotiating controversies and Covid-19, the Games offered a window to a world much changed from 2008, when Beijing staged the summer edition
  • Foreign leaders were received in person after the relatively isolated two years of the pandemic, but benefits to China’s image may take longer to assess

Covid-19 has been a dominant theme during Beijing’s Winter Games. Photo: dpa
Covid-19 has been a dominant theme during Beijing’s Winter Games. Photo: dpa
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