One way to tell how powerful a country is by how it responds to critics. Despite genocide against the Uyghur Muslims, unleashing a worldwide pandemic, and cracking down on freedoms in Hong Kong, China nonetheless hosted the 2022 Winter Olympics. And when critics arose, its ruling Communist Party spit in their eye by having a member of the Uyghurs light the Olympic flame, making a mockery of what is supposed to be a symbol “of peace and friendship between peoples” in front of the entire world.
