BEIJING: A growing number of Western nations and cybersecurity groups have issued digital surveillance warnings for next month’s Winter Olympics in Beijing, with some advising foreign athletes to leave personal phones and laptops at home.
China hopes to pull off a successful, coronavirus-free Games that will burnish its international reputation.
But the run-up has been fraught with political controversies including diplomatic boycotts over Beijing’s rights record and worries about the safety of tennis star Peng Shuai, who was not seen for weeks after accusing a former Communist Party leader of sexual assault.
Now concerns are focusing on whether the tens of thousands of…