Winter Olympic Games Beijing 2022 News

[NearPup 3,052]

Just now, rybak said:

What reason?

The (alleged) genocide in Xinjiang and the Hong Kong national security law.

[rybak 3,218]

@NearPup @intoronto thanks, I didn't knew about this genocide.

[dcro 10,210]

Yeah, it's sort of Holocaust which will never make history books.

 

[Olympian1010 7,977]

24 minutes ago, rybak said:

What reason?

“What reasons?“ might be a better phrasing of that question.

 

The greater geopolitical battle between PRC and USA - Pound pretty much stated that he expects the USA to boycott, or the PRC to ban the USA entry under various pretenses.

Covid-19 - Some countries still blame China for the virus, and may not be excited to attend the Games. Plus, China’s poor early response to Covid-19 might turn more athletes/NOCs off from attending.

Uyghur Discrimination - Human Rights Groups are campaigning hard for a boycott here. 

Hong Kong - The PRC’s new authoritarian crackdown won’t play well in the West. I believe Canadian diplomats already suggested a boycott in response to this.

Border Conflict with India - India’s allies might refuse to attend the Games as a show of support for India should that conflict flare up again.

I’m sure you can add classic PRC issues like general human rights, Tibet, Republic of China v. People’s Republic of China, etc. to that list as well. 

[heywoodu 15,148]

30 minutes ago, intoronto said:

imo: Because China is a real shitty country that is the "crybaby" of the planet.

 

But now horror stories are coming out from the genocide taking place of the Uighur people in Northwest China, and the horrible human rights situation there.

 

But that's not new. At all..

 

Oh well, let them boycot. More space in the Olympic Village  

[Quaker2001 251]

57 minutes ago, intoronto said:

imo: Because China is a real shitty country that is the "crybaby" of the planet.

 

But now horror stories are coming out from the genocide taking place of the Uighur people in Northwest China, and the horrible human rights situation there.

 

This is definitely one of those "why are more people not talking about this" stories.  Yea, we're in the middle of a pandemic, but eventually someone will notice that.  I don't know that it will result in large scale boycotts of 2022, but we'll hear more chirping about it at some point for sure, especially if it continues.

[Monzanator 4,507]

1 hour ago, Olympian1010 said:

I think the IOC is starting to fear a boycott. Pound basically said so, and all of sudden Bach wants to share “sad memories” about the 1980 boycott.

 

Cold War is old news. People need another history lesson? I don't think modern generation knows who Yuri Andropov was or they care about learning about him?

 

We sure don't need this overreaction bullshit. At the end of the day China is one of the very few countries that is willing to spend - and lose - money for hosting the Olympic Games. Most of the others are Islamic gulf kingdoms

[phelps 7,680]

imho most English speaking supposed sports powerhouses threaten to boycott the next Games only to hide their scandals (NOP, the most recent ketonic diet of the British team, now massively used by all of their allied from Commonwealth and so on)...

they just feel they're losing their privileged position...

[Olympian1010 7,977]

50 minutes ago, phelps said:

imho most English speaking supposed sports powerhouses threaten to boycott the next Games only to hide their scandals (NOP, the most recent ketonic diet of the British team, now massively used by all of their allied from Commonwealth and so on)...

they just feel they're losing their privileged position...

Oh yeah, cause the whole reason China hosts the Olympics and other events isn’t to paint a false narratives of the themselves and distract from all their domestic and international issues...

[phelps 7,680]

19 minutes ago, Olympian1010 said:

Oh yeah, cause the whole reason China hosts the Olympics and other events isn’t to paint a false narratives of the themselves and distract from all their domestic and international issues...

 

sure, it is...

 

but it's not China threatening to boycott the Tokyo Games...other Nations are playing this "dirty" move against the Beijing WOG...

 

you know...I'm not a fan of the Chinese attitude nor the Russian misbehaviour, but I don't like the typical Western (and Anglophone in particular) hypocracy, too...