translation: it s very - exhausting, but she presses on. she won t leave until she s learned how to do all the moves. she doesn t quit. she can t go to any of the events, though. she can t get close. the winter olympics is happening in beijing but almost everyone here is excluded from it. it s sad we can t go to see the games in person. we ll have to watch them on tv. china is in the middle of a renewed battle to try to maintain zero covid in this country, and it s decided not to sell any tickets for the games to members of the general public. so everyone who queues outside venues like this in the weeks ahead is going to be hand picked a member of the ruling communist party or someone who works at a government controlled company. it s notjust covid measures keeping people away there s confrontation over china s human rights record. senior officials from the us,
hand picked a member of the ruling communist party or someone who works at a government controlled company. it s notjust covid measures keeping people away there s confrontation over china s human rights record. senior officials from the us, the uk and more than a dozen other governments aren t coming to the ice rinks. the olympics is just sport, though, say some looking on. translation: | think sports | are sports and they shouldn t be messed with politics. the games belong to everyone and we should all participate and watch. politics is just politics. this is the official slogan of the games, and these children are singing about it in this propaganda video, released last month by the government in xinjiang a place where china denies it s committed genocide.
with china dealing with the covid pandemic and accusations of human rights abuses. 0ur china correspondent robin brant has the latest. she is one of china s 0lympians of tomorrow maybe. she hadn t even been born the first time the olympics came to town. but now the six year old skater is inspired by the games. translation: it s very - exhausting but she presses on. she won t leave until she s learned how to do all the moves. she doesn t quit. she can t go to any of the events though. she can t get close. the winter olympics is happening in beijing, but almost everyone here is excluded from it. china is in the middle of a renewed battle to try to maintain zero covid in this country, and it s decided not to sell any tickets for the games to members of the general public, so everyone who queues outside venues like this in the weeks ahead is going to be hand picked
a member of the ruling communist party, or someone who works at a government controlled company. it s notjust covid measures keeping people away. there s confrontation over china s human rights record. senior officials from the us, the uk and more than a dozen other governments aren t coming to the ice rinks. the olympics is just sport though, say some looking on. translation: | think sports . are sports and they shouldn t be messed with politics. the games belong to everyone and we should all participate and watch. politics is just politics. this is the official slogan of the games. and these children are singing about it in this propaganda video, released last month by the government in xinjiang, a place where china denies it s committed genocide.
translation: it s sad we can t go to see the games in person. j we ll have to watch them on tv. china is in the middle of a renewed battle to try to maintain zero covid in this country, and it s decided not to sell any tickets for the games to members of the general public, so everyone who queues outside venues like this in the weeks ahead is going to be hand picked a member of the ruling communist party, or someone who works at a government controlled company. it s notjust covid measures keeping people away. there s confrontation over china s human rights record. senior officials from the us, the uk, and more than a dozen other governments aren t coming to the ice rinks. the olympics is just sport, though, say some looking on. translation: | think sports | are sports, and they shouldn t be messed with politics. the games belong to everyone, and we should all participate and watch. politics is just politics.