What It's Like Inside China's Covid-Safe, High-Tech Olympic Bubble

  • Athletes, staff confined to closed loop for duration of games
  • Bubble has strict Covid testing rules, unrestricted internet
A perimeter fence around Olympic Park in Beijing.Photographer: Andrea Verdelli/Bloomberg
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To wall off nearly 22 million Beijing residents from the risks of Covid-19 that Winter Olympics athletes may bring with them, China has built a city within a city where no one can interact with those living outside, but where there is unrestricted internet access and meals served by robots.