NBCUniversal should drop its broadcast of the Beijing Winter Olympics that is just two months away and instead turn the limelight toward the regime’s human rights abuses in Xinjiang and Hong Kong, U.S. lawmakers told the broadcaster. “The nearly one billion dollars that NBCUniversal and its affiliates have invested in these Games means the organization…
NBC Asked to Drop Beijing Olympics Broadcast, Spotlight CCP’s Rights Abuses
December 17, 2021
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Rep. Gohmert Says Diplomatic Boycott of Beijing Olympics Fails to Make an Impact
December 12, 2021
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Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) said a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics will not “make much difference at all” in light of Beijing’s human rights violation, and is a waste of diplomatic leverage. “I don’t think it will make any difference in China’s human [rights] or their discrimination or the abuses of different peoples,”…
More Countries Boycott Beijing 2022, but #WhereIsPengShuai?
December 9, 2021
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As of Thursday, the UK and Canada are the latest countries to join the diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Winter Olympics. This comes just days after the White House’s corresponding announcement. The United States cited the persecution of Uyghurs in Xinjiang as the primary reason for its action. But, are there other motives underlying its…
Can’t ‘Turn a Blind Eye’ to Human Rights Abuses in China: Australian Defence Minister
December 9, 2021
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Australian Defence Minister Peter Dutton has backed the federal government’s decision to join allies in a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, saying Australia wants the Chinese regime to adhere to “basic human rights.” But not all senior politicians agree with the move. “I just don’t think people can turn a blind eye…
‘Don’t Just Listen to Dollars’: Former Ambassador Calls on Advertisers to Boycott Beijing Olympics
December 9, 2021
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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,”…
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…
Tennis Star’s Allegation Highlights China’s Human Rights Abuses, Adds Fire to Boycott of Beijing Olympics
November 25, 2021
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Politicians, sports stars, and human rights defenders from all around the world have increasingly been worried about the safety of Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai since China’s state-run media posted her recent photos and videos. Peng, a former No.1-ranked doubles player, had been absent from public view for over two weeks after accusing retired Chinese…
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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