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Olympics: Why China is so critical of the opening ceremony

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By Experts

Published: August 2nd, 2024,
Last updated: May 27th, 2025

The Paris Olympic Games’ opening ceremony has offended not only conservatives in the West but also their counterparts in China, who lambasted it for having too much sex-related content and for ignoring non-Western people’s sensitivity to them. While major official media outlets refrained from badmouthing the ceremony, vitriolic criticism went unbridled on social media.  

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