News Analysis The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) hopes to pull off a problem-free Olympics in order to bolster China’s international standing. In practice, this means around 11,000 people from around the world will be subjected to invasive surveillance and an extreme testing and quarantine regime, loaded with political and security risks—which may negatively impact athletes’ performance. The Chinese regime’s culture of surveillance was made clear in a 2018 article in the CCP mouthpiece, the People’s Daily, which claimed that the facial recognition systems throughout the country gave the authorities the ability to scan the faces of every single person in China, in just one second. Olympic athletes and attendees will be required to use the My2022 mobile app, which officially monitors health but also grants the CCP access to personal data, audio files, health status, passport information, and medical and travel history. Cybersecurity experts recommend that athletes and attendees to the games take a …