Olympia very different: 100 days before winter games in Beijing

The chronicle of Covid 19 pandemic in the United States describes the chronological process of the Covid-19-pandemic in the United States at federal level as at the level of the US states. The Covid-19-Pandemic in the United States were demonstrably started on January 21, 2020, with the case of a returnee from the Chinese Wuhan in the northwestern US state of Washington. By the end of January, 7 cases were known, and everyone was in conjunction with previous travel to Chinese Wuhan. By the end of February, 24 cases were known as well as a first death. By the end of March, the threshold of 100,000 cases was exceeded, around 1,600 deaths were recorded. By the end of April, more than 1,000,000 infection cases and over 57,000 deaths were reported. On May 27, 2020, the US recorded over 100,000 deaths. On June 10, the US recorded 2,000,000 cases and more than 112,000 COVID 19 deaths. On November 9, 2020, the US reached the 10 million border on infections and after almost two more months, 20 million cases were diagnosed on January 1, 2021.

The winter games in February in Beijing are different because of China s Rigoroser zero-Covid strategy other than all other Olympic competitions so far. One hundred days before the start of the games is getting clearer: there will be little freedom of movement for athletes, coaches, helpers and journalists. All participants are only allowed to move in closed circular runs : from arrival to departure, from bed to the competition sites - all in hermetically closed transport systems. Regularly is being tested on Corona. Those who are not vaccinated must have three weeks in forced quarantine.

The Games of 4 to 20 February, followed by the Paralympic competitions from 4 to 13 March are also very different than the games in summer in Japan. It was more of a bladder with many holes in Tokyo, through which participants could slip into the country, as scattered was described, China rather double walls high. It should be prevented that even a single infection is brought uncontrolled into the country.

The strict regime is the consequence of strict corona policy, with which the most populous country got the pandemic better under control than others. Initially, there was criticism of the slow response to the first infection cases in December 2019 in Central China, since then, the authorities have been sharply and rapidly react sharply, quarantine, mass testing and contact tracking. Since summer 2020, only smaller outbreaks have been given in China.

Competitions on three places

However, the billions have also been largely sealed against abroad. Of the few who are allowed to enter, up to three weeks are required in a quarantine facility. There is no international sporting event from the size of the Olympic Games: around 2900 athletes travel - in addition with thousands of sports functional and media representatives.

After Olympia 2008 Beijing is the only metropolis that contains both summer and winter games. On three places the competitions take place: in the capital itself, in the suburb of Yanqing and in Zhangjiakou in the adjacent province Hebei. The sports facilities are long ago. There are currently international test competitions, including 460 athletes have already accessed. Helpers in protective suits received at the airport. Thus, the closed circular runs and transport systems are tested for the first time.

International test competitions with foreigners take place, increases COVID 19 risk, but we have introduced a largable plan for limiting and monitoring to protect the safety of all participants and especially the inhabitants of the host places, said Huang Chun, the vice director of the Organizing Committee responsible for the prevention against the pandemic.

Human rights groups call up to Boykott

The competition site is great and magnificent, boasts the Dutch in Isabel Grevelt the newly built skating stadium. The prevention measures against the pandemic give me a safe feeling, citing state media and thus give the desired message of the organizers again. The Chinese figure skating couple Sui Wenjing and Han Cong wants to honor his country, which is not a big winter sports nation, which is not a big winter sports nation: Our destination for Beijing 2022 is to hear the national anthem on the medal place and see the national flag hoped.

As with the summer games 14 years ago in Beijing, human rights groups also call back to a boycott of the games again this time. The critics denounce tracking of Tibetans and Uighers, the suppression of democracy movement in Hong Kong and the poor human rights situation. In the inflammation of the Olympic flag in Greece, activists protested with a Tibetan flag and a banner with the inscription No genocide games .

But the calls remain unfailing. Most recently, usually only a political boycott was required. But foreign politicians do not travel to Beijing anyway because of the pandemic. In general, no international viewers are allowed. Only audience from China may participate - after strict coronates. After all, because in Tokyo, the games were largely facing empty ranks.

As in 2008, the Chinese leadership also does not make any efforts and costs in order to organize the athletes from all over the world outstanding games. Was Olympia in Beijing at that time, however, a symbol of the opening of the country, the games are more of the opposite today: a propaganda event for an increasingly authoritarian political system that is absorbed in the face of growing resistance to the rise of China from the world and on his own Forces want to have forces.