Olympic sponsors should “listen to their hearts”—not dollars—and stand up to boycott the upcoming Beijing Winter Olympics, said Sam Brownback, former U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom. “China is, in my estimation, the greatest threat to this human right in the world, by what they’re doing, what they’re financing, and the technology they’re now deploying,”…
‘Don’t Just Listen to Dollars’: Former Ambassador Calls on Advertisers to Boycott Beijing Olympics
December 9, 2021
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Canada Joins Allies in Diplomatic Boycott of Beijing Winter Olympics
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada will not send any official representatives to the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, joining its allies in a diplomatic boycott over China’s human rights abuses. “For the past many months, we’ve been in conversation with partners and allies around the world on the issue of the Beijing Olympic and Paralympic…
UK Ministers, Officials Not Attending Beijing Winter Olympics: Boris Johnson
There will be “effectively a diplomatic boycott” of the Winter Olympics in Beijing, the UK’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Wednesday, as he said that there are no plans for any ministers to attend the games. But the prime minister stopped short of officially calling it a diplomatic boycott, maintaining that the government doesn’t support…
UK Ministers, Officials Won’t Attend Beijing Winter Olympics, Johnson Says
December 8, 2021
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There will be “effectively a diplomatic boycott” of the Winter Olympics in Beijing, the UK’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Wednesday, as he said that there are no plans for any ministers to attend the games. But the prime minister stopped short of officially calling it a diplomatic boycott, maintaining that the government doesn’t support…
Reasons Beijing Has the Olympics Again
December 7, 2021
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The Beijing Winter Olympics open in just under two months and are the target of a diplomatic boycott by the United States, with other countries likely to follow suit. So how did Beijing land the Winter Olympics, so soon after it was host to the Summer Olympics in 2008? Doing so makes it the first…
Explainer: Why Beijing Has the Olympics Again
December 7, 2021
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The Beijing Winter Olympics open in just under two months and are the target of a diplomatic boycott by the United States, with other countries likely to follow suit. So how did Beijing land the Winter Olympics so soon after it was host to the Summer Olympics in 2008? Doing so makes it the first…
US Announces Diplomatic Boycott of Beijing Winter Olympics Over Rights Abuses
December 6, 2021
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The United States said on Dec. 6 it won’t send an official delegation to Beijing for the 2022 Winter Olympics in protest against the Chinese regime’s ongoing human rights crisis in Xinjiang. The move won’t affect American athletes, who will still be allowed to compete. White House press secretary Jen Psaki said the regime’s “ongoing…
Getting Answers From China on Its ‘Disappeared Dissidents:’ Is China in Economic Crisis?
December 4, 2021
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Citizen journalist Zhang Zhan has been jailed since May 2020 after filming and reporting on the COVID-19 pandemic from Wuhan. Chinese human-rights lawyer, Gao Zhisheng, who has long defended activists and the civil rights of religious minorities, has been “disappeared” since 2017. What point of leverage could the world use to compel the Chinese Communist…
IIHF Meets to Review Olympic Eligibility of Chinese Players
The International Ice Hockey Federation council held a call Friday to review the Olympic eligibility of Chinese men’s national team players, though no decisions were made about the host country’s status for the upcoming tournament in Beijing, Officials are set to review information from the Chinese Ice Hockey Association about players on the host country’s…
UK Minister Hints at Diplomatic Boycott of Beijing Winter Olympics
A diplomatic boycott of Beijing Winter Olympics over alleged human rights abuses in China may be on the table, a British Cabinet minister hinted on Thursday. Jacob Rees-Mogg, leader of the House of Commons, told MPs that “no tickets have been booked” for any UK ministers to attend the games in February. The remark—the first…
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