told residents if they see a vehicle part of the olympic convoys get into a crash to stay away. they have a specialized group of medics to respond to those incidents. it also helps keep visiting journalists from leaving the capital city to other regions to explore controversial topics. with the world's attention the olympics allows china to showcase its perceived superiority in containing the virus, especially compared with countries like the u.s., but this will in many ways also be a tale of two cities, one curated for the olympic arrivals and pre selected groups of spectators, another that is the real beijing. though some local beijing residents are now in a bubble of their own, communities locked down after recent cases surfaced in the city outside the olympic boundaries. a mounting challenge for a country that's trying to keep covid out and yet still stage a global sporting spectacle to wow the world.