Pei-Ping.
Man, a televised self-criticism session. This sucks on toast.
Let the Chinese politicians try their hand at the 50 meter firing line if they think it’s easy.The furthest most of them ever shot a pistol is about 8 inches into the back of someone’s head.
The government uses the media to enforce policy and punish people with shame?
Glad we don’t have a party that tries to do that here. ‘Course if we did they’d never get votes.
Also, and this is based on my admittedly-minimal research, the huge total of Golds for the Chinese is due in part to their entering athletes in venues where the US is not competing, or the sport is highly obscure and not likely to attract attention. It’s easy to beat your next best competitor when they’re from some third-world banana republic.
I wouldn’t be surprised at all to learn that in cases where the Chinese have gone up against the US in less-publicized sports, the judges have been “encouraged” to favor the Chinese, particularly in those sports where the results depend on the opinion of the judges rather than an obvious demarcation.
Also, the host country automatically gets their athletes qualified in every sport. Watched a show on PBS about the former major league pitcher Jim Lefebvre managing the Chinese Olympic team.
Nothing like being spit on for doing your best. God help those poor people survive.
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