It may seem rather petty, but the 2021 Olympic medal count is indicative of the obsessive preoccupations of the Chinese Communist regime. Throughout the recent Olympics, Chinese media published the medal count regularly. But when the United States edged China off the top rung, the tables disappeared, only to be replaced a few days later on state-controlled social media by a new table that included Hong Kong and Taiwan in China’s column, even though these two states are separately represented at the Games.
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