Commentary The approaching Winter Olympic Games scheduled for next month in Beijing provide a continuing spotlight on Uyghur genocide by Chinese communists in Xinjiang. Several countries, including the United States, have implemented diplomatic boycotts already. The International Olympic Committee has yet to convey how athletes who speak out about Xinjiang during the games will be protected from Chinese retaliation. Meanwhile, Human Rights Watch is cautioning athletes not to mention Uyghur genocide in order to avoid retaliation by Chinese police. The Chinese regime has been attempting to pacify/conquer/absorb/remake/communize the Xinjiang region since before the 19th century. These days, Chinese state-run media regularly post articles of smiling Uyghurs in ceremonial dress as if to convey their happiness at having their culture bulldozed by the communists in recent years. Never mind the forced labor being used to harvest cotton, as well as the concentration camps being used to “reeducate” the Uyghurs. One wonders what the …