distraction from economic

Harbin’s metamorphosis into a winter sports hub is no accident. The city’s $2.3 billion overhaul—featuring AI-driven snowmaking systems, facial recognition-enabled arenas, and a 6G-powered athletes’ village—serves dual purposes. Domestically, it fuels nationalist pride, offering a glittering distraction from economic headwinds. Internationally, it signals China’s technological self-reliance, a pointed rebuttal to U.S.-led semiconductor embargoes. The precision of Tencent’s “DeepCurling” AI, which predicted stone trajectories with 92% accuracy during the women’s semifinals, mirrors algorithms used in missile guidance systems, blurring the line between civilian innovation and military readiness. Such dual-use technologies are not merely showcased; they are marketed. Huawei’s provision of free 5G roaming to all attendees doubles as a sales pitch to Southeast Asian delegates weighing telecom partnerships, while Russia’s access to China’s BeiDou satellite system during biathlon events challenges Western-controlled GPS networks. สล็อต