However, in all of these nations the gross domestic product per capita is drastically smaller thanks to large populations. Brazil ranked sixtieth in that category in 2012 and is far from having what most would consider a prospering country. Having recently hosted mega sporting events, China and South Africa provide concrete examples of this social exclusion in the recent past. .
When Beijing was preparing for the 2008 Summer Olympic Games, the government made a point of carrying out various improvement projects. This included the demolition and resulting displacement of migrant tenants in Beijing's squatter villages. These squatter villages are commonly built with low-quality materials and break numerous building codes. They are a result of the enormous migrations of unskilled labor from rural provinces to urban centers. Migrants arrive in these manufacturing hubs unable to find affordable homes and settle in these informal settlements. .
The presence of these dwellings as well as their inhabitants were largely seen as incompatible with Beijing's development vision. The Chinese planned to eliminate any visible trace of poverty and decay. The migrant villages were prime targets. In addition to the slum removal, in the preceding months before the Games the government even temporarily closed factories and construction in an attempt to improve the city's often criticized air quality.
According to Anne Broudehoux's piece, the "Centre on Housing Rights and Eviction estimates that by 2004, 300,000 citizens had been uprooted " and forced to relocate to make way for Olympic facilities and various other development projects in Beijing (2007, p. ). Residents were often given little to no notice of the evictions and had no say in the matter. To make matters worse, residents received little compensation for what seems highly valuable land or at least it is to the Chinese government.