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I still don't understand on what basis was China awarded the Olympics. Simply for the fact that China (among other countries) do not support any of the higher values promoted by the Olympic games.

This, as well as, the way things are managed by the IOC by being very unfair to a lot of countries out there, thus not supporting the message of bringing the world together. I quote:

"Olympics have been chosen to be held in 50 cities (including repeats) since its "rebirth", twice in Eastern Europe, 5 times in East Asia, once in Central America, and the remainder in Western nations. No African, South American, Central Asian, or South Asian nation has ever been chosen as host for the Olympics."

The two arguments are not necessarily mutually exclusive, in other words, not every totalitarian regime is in that region, and not every country in that region is a totalitarian regime.