Yup, that’s what the olympics is about....slaves sacrificing to make the state look good.
Sheesh.
susie
They're not slaves. If they get *any* medals, they will end up multi-millionaires (in dollars) via government rewards and endorsement deals. It's a good deal for the athletes who make it and are willing to make the personal sacrifices - not such a wonderful one for the Chinese taxpayer, who has to foot the bill for tens of thousands of salaries for has-beens and never-wuzzers.
Americans get track and field athletes who work full-time stateside and train part-time, and still beat the Chinese team without any cost to the American taxpayer. The Chinese losers are paid nice salaries to train all the time. Slaves they are not. The correct term - whether they win or lose - is leeches. Based on Chinese government spending on its sports machine over the past four years (including government-paid trainers and athletes), the Olympics cost Chinese taxpayers $100m per gold medal.