What they say: China, Greece promoting common values

One can achieve excellence through peaceful means. The Olympics is a battle without casualties, a competition without anger, and winning a competition is a noble victory without any hostility. It means one can win in a peaceful way. The excellence achieved in sports competitions is not fundamentally about comparing oneself with others, but about self-improvement and self-transcendence.

Qin Lu, professor of the Department of Literature and History, Chinese Academy of Governance