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China crafts a carefully curated slate of Olympic spectators

Spectators wave as Ying Qing, of China, drives during the women's monobob heat 1 at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Sunday, Feb. 13, 2022, in the Yanqing district of Beijing. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)

Spectators cheer during a preliminary round men's hockey game between China and Canada at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Sunday, Feb. 13, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

Spectators cheer as they wait for the women's slopestyle finals at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2022, in Zhangjiakou, China. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

China crafts a carefully curated slate of Olympic spectators