Nobody — shamefully — boycotted Berlin 1936. Let’s do so for Beijing

In 1936, the Berlin Olympics turned into a display of Nazi propaganda.

Seventy-two years on, the world is again granting unrivalled recognition and prestige to another murderous dictatorship. And nobody in sport wants to talk about it

DROP by your local bookshop and you will find that China is this year’s publishing sensation. Titles such as Getting Rich First: Life in a Changing China; China Shakes the World; China Road: A Journey into the Future of a Rising Economy; and China Inc: The Relentless Rise of the Next Great Superpower all tell of an Asian giant on the verge of global pre-eminence.