I feel sorry for the Chinese athletes that lose. They’ll probably be flogged and banished....and I ain’t kidding.
I don’t know about the flogging but I expect their athletes are groomed and treated pretty much along the same lines as athletes were from all the former Eastern Block countries. If they win then they can expect life to be a little more comfortable than it is for the general population and if they fail, they lose all the benefits and priviledge they’d previously enjoyed.