No matter what the Chinese government and the IOC try to make you believe.
Nice work by Dan Wetzel. Can't blame him for not attending these Olympics in person. With the reporting he's done so far - he'd be "disappeared" too. He should have noted that the Women's Tennis Association has cancelled all future tournaments in China and Hong Kong over the way Peng Shuai has been and is being treated.
The Chinese government is evil!
Here are the 13 major sponsors of the Olympics - none of which have spoken out about the Chinese human rights abuses. Don't forget and please try to avoid using any of the products or services of these companies if you have a choice.
Hats off to Dan Wetzel for calling it like it is at the China Winter Olympics. It's a sham and I won't be watching.
I hope Dan doesn't get put into "COVID isolation" because of his reporting.
I like to think once the decision is made some players will speak up about being morally conflicted about playing in China in the first place (although I won't hold my breath because realistically their countrymen will still be there and why cause issues for them).
No matter to me - I won't be watching.
2. There's an active genocide going on in China. The US's official policy is still that China's detention of million of Xinjiang Muslims constitutes genocide. After the Holocaust when the world said "Never Again" nobody added the qualifier "except in Olympics years." How any Muslim country can do business with the Chinese, never mind participate in the Olympics, is mystifying to me. I'm also mystified why sponsors would want their brands associated with the Genocide Olympics..
3. Hong Kong. The Chinese Communists used the cover of the pandemic to crack down and eliminate any vestiges of freedom in Hong Kong while the world was busy dealing with the pandemic. It is wrong for the world to forget the plight of the Hong Kongers. To participate in these Olympics would be a slap in the face to all those in Hong Kong who were locked up or killed simply for wanting freedom.
4. Tibet. Before Hollywood found gold pandering to Chinese audiences the plight of Tibet was a favored liberal cause. The Tibetans are still under the thumb of the Chinese Communists but greed in Hollywood will cover up many, many sins.
5. The safety of the athletes and the American tourists attending the games. How free will the broadcasters and reporters covering the Olympics be to vice their true opinions? How free will the athletes themselves be? Can you imagine an athlete wearing a "Free Hong Kong" shirt getting detained for months by the CCP? I can easily imagine that. Or American tourists being held simply as leverage against us. If that happens the answer will be "we should never have been there in the first place." We are Americans - the world looks to us to speak up and be strong. This is the opposite.
The idea of Winter Olympics in China is farcical to begin with. When you think Alpine skiing how many hundreds of other places would you think of before answering Beijing? The Chinese Communists crave legitimacy. Why are we giving that to them? Boycott the 2022 Winter Olympics - China is asshole!