Category: Beijing Winter Olympics

Australian Government Voices Concern Over Chinese Tennis Player Peng Shuai

November 24, 2021
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The Australian government has joined the increasing number of organisations concerned over the safety of Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai and has asked Beijing to be accountable on the issue. Peng, the former world No. 1 in women’s doubles, disappeared from the public view after she alleged Zhang Gaoli, the former Chinese Communist Party (CCP)…

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Sponsors Asked to Defend Support for Beijing Winter Olympics

November 12, 2021
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Leading sponsors of the Beijing Winter Olympics should explain why they remain largely silent about alleged human rights abuses in China with the Games opening there in just under three months, Human Rights Watch said Friday. The rights group said in an online briefing that it had reached out to all but one of the…

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2 Arrested in Athens for Protesting Beijing Olympics

October 17, 2021
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ATHENS, Greece—Two women attempted to hang a banner from the Acropolis in Athens Sunday morning in protest at the upcoming Beijing Winter Olympics, and were detained by Greek police. The activists, 18-year-old Tibetan student Tsela Zoksang and 22-year-old exiled Hong Kong activist Joey Siu, both American citizens, are members of the “No Beijing 2022” campaign,…

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The Chinese Regime Must Pay for the Pandemic, Avoiding the Winter Olympics Solves Nothing

August 9, 2021
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Commentary Aldous Huxley once compared “a walk in the country” to a religious-like pilgrimage. “To commune with the fields and waters, the woodlands and the hills,” he wrote, “is to commune, according to our modern and northern ideas, with the visible manifestations of the Wisdom and Spirit of the Universe.” Now, thanks to the most…

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Beijing Declines to Elaborate on How It Will Guarantee Press Freedom During 2022 Winter Olympics

March 7, 2021
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China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs failed to provide detail on its promise of a free media environment for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games at its regular press briefing on March 2, 2021. The question referred to a report released by the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of China (FCCC) on March 1, which indicated a “rapid decline…

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Beijing Declines to Say How It Will Guarantee Press Freedom During 2022 Winter Olympics

March 7, 2021
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China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs failed to provide specifics during its regular press briefing on March 2 about its promise of complete media freedom for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games. Following a report released by the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of China (FCCC), which indicated a “rapid decline in media freedom” in China, based on 150 responses to a…

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Beijing Fails to Guarantee Press Freedom During 2022 Winter Olympics

March 5, 2021
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China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs did not instill a sense of confidence when questioned about its promise of a free media environment for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games at its regular press briefing on March 2, 2021. The question referred to a report released by the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of China (FCCC) on March 1,…

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Rights Groups Call for Boycott of Beijing 2022 Winter Games

February 3, 2021
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TOKYO—A coalition of 180 rights groups on Wednesday called for a boycott of next year’s Beijing Winter Olympics tied to reported human rights abuses against ethnic minorities in China. The games are to open in one year, on Feb. 4, 2022, and are set to go forward despite the pandemic. The coalition is composed of…

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