#36: China’s First Olympic Medal
China may be one of the oldest human civilizations on Earth, with millennia of culture and wisdom under its belt. However, it took the People’s Republic a few years to take itself seriously when it comes to sport. They must’ve been biding their time waiting for the right moment because today, China is an Olympic powerhouse.
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We do have an idea as to where this improvement came from. They must have been paying attention to the Confucian saying, “It does not matter how slowly you go, as long as you do not stop,” or else, “ Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.”