Olympics highlights growing rift with the West

At the Beijing Winter Olympics, China is once again displaying its sporting prowess. But the international reception has been notably icier than that for the 2008 Summer Games, highlighting that China’s continued economic rise is being accompanied by a widening political rift between China and countries that account for the bulk of global GDP.

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