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It's no secret China places very little value on a human life, and even less value on the finer things involved in the lives of their subjects. Their athletic program is just one of the many ways China abuses its population for the "greater good".
When you're working in horrible conditions for $1.25 and a bowl of rice a day it makes your child being chosen to live in an isolated athletic training camp with proper nutrition and things you could never give them look like a pretty sweet deal. With hundreds of kids waiting to take her place the minute her performance starts to dip, there is no way in hell her parents are going to volunteer information that could lead to her being pulled from competition and potentially placed back into the workforce.
US athletes push themselves because they want to win, Chinese athletes are pushed to win because losing has serious consequences.
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