Far from legitimizing an authoritarian regime, the Olympics foster the kind of nationalism that will help the Chinese carve out a civil society, which may be the best antidote.

• 奥运远非使独裁政权合法化这么简单。奥运促进了这种能帮助中国人开创公民社会的民族主义和国家主义。这也许是最好的良方。