An international trade union body has joined a long list of human-rights advocates challenging the appropriateness of Beijing hosting the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, which start in less than 100 days. “The sports of the Olympics have rules, but the Chinese Communist Party has shown that it has little or no respect for international laws and standards,” said the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) in a Nov.9 report, “China: A gold medal for repression.” The Beijing 2022 has been deemed controversial due to the ruling Party’s human rights record. The report, which came just under three months before the Games open on Feb. 4, listed five repressive policies of the Chinese regime that suffocate freedom and rights for millions, both nationwide and worldwide, calling them the “five rings of repression.” The alleged abuses, according to the report, include forced labor, the jailing of trade unionists and democracy activists in Hong …