BEIJING—With a parade of national flags and a final burst of fireworks in the stadium known as the Bird’s Nest, China on Sunday officially concluded a Beijing Winter Olympics that sought to unify the world but ended up highlighting its divisions.
Athletes competed for medals while the threat of war loomed in some of their homelands. The breakout star was not a Usain Bolt-like figure whose athletic feats transcended borders, but rather a U.S.-born Chinese skier, Eileen Gu, whose virtuosity on the slopes was accompanied by questions about allegiance and privilege.
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