> Given the competitive nature of the Olympics, people getting upset over any losses is, of course, hardly unique to China. Gotta take this article with a big

> Given the competitive nature of the Olympics, people getting upset over any losses is, of course, hardly unique to China. Gotta take this article with a big grain of salt. As the article mentioned, it's hardly unique to China. To use the most extreme and tragic example, a Colombian was killed after scoring an own goal [1] in the 1994 World Cup. A big purpose of these national competitions seems to be giving nationalists a symbolic, nonviolent way to compete with other nations. Especially when 2 countries have a history of actual warfare. [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A9s_Escobar https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A9s_Escobar