The Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics were "extremely successful", with organizers deserving praise for overcoming difficulties and hosting the gala very competently and showcasing "unity and splendor on an unprecedented scale", said an Australian observer.
Colin Mackerras, a Sinologist and emeritus professor at Griffith University in Australia, said the Olympics showed "China at its most confident, competent in terms of management and technology, and brilliant culturally and economically".
91개 국가 및 지역 올림픽 위원회에서 약 2,900명의 선수가 올림픽에 참가하여 베이징은 사상 최초로 하계 및 동계 올림픽을 모두 개최한 도시가 되었습니다.
Mackerras는 중국이 올림픽 기간 동안 COVID-19 조치를 성공적으로 이행했을 뿐만 아니라 전반적으로 성공했다고 말했습니다.
"China was very early to use lockdown as a preventive measure, and the policy remains to try and stamp out the disease. This is in contrast to the West," he said.
"Beijing has just held an extremely successful Winter Olympics and strengthened relationships with countries like Russia, Pakistan and Argentina, with heads of state visiting Beijing for the Games."
President Xi Jinping and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, who attended the Games' opening ceremony on Feb 4, had signed numerous economic agreements on behalf of their countries. The long joint statement issued by them after bilateral talks suggest that the friendship between the two sides will continue to grow, Mackerras said.
Meanwhile, the Western powers appear to explore new Cold War approaches, which Mackerras said is "an extraordinarily unwise policy, especially in a world where cooperation is essential against the ongoing pandemic and climate change, among many other issues".
Mackerras는 또한 일부 미국 관리들이 어린 위구르 운동선수 Dinigeer Yilamujiang에게 개회식에서 올림픽 성화대에 불을 밝히는 일을 맡긴 것에 대해 중국을 비난한 이유에 대해 궁금해했습니다.
"They are reported to have said it was hypocritical since China was practicing 'genocide' against the Uygurs," he said.
"I think it is ridiculous and also treacherous to suggest China is practicing genocide against the Uygurs," he said.
"The US should be ashamed of (its) open attempt to undermine China's admirable management of the Games."
"My view is that it was fine to give the young Uygur athlete this opportunity," he said, adding that he "loved" seeing all of China's 55 ethnic minority groups represented at the opening ceremony.
그는 올림픽에서 모든 것이 잘 진행되었으며 베이징이 하계 올림픽과 동계 올림픽을 모두 개최하는 것에 대해 감탄을 표했다고 말했습니다.
