Boycotting 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics Don’t Be An Outlet for Propaganda: Why You Should Boycott the 2022 Winter Olympics The participation in and viewing of the Beijing-hosted Olympic games are essentially an international seal of approval on communist China’s human rights abuses. The 2022 Winter Olympics will take place from February 4 – February 20 in Beijing, China. Many international voices called for the selection of a new host city, to avoid supporting Beijing without punishing athletes. These efforts have been to no avail. The games are set to go forward as planned. The Biden Administration has announced a diplomatic boycott of the games, meaning that it will not send an official U.S. delegation to Beijing. Americans can build upon this diplomatic boycott by refusing to watch the games at home. Here a few reasons you should consider such a boycott. We Already Know What Happens When China Hosts the Olympics China hosted the 2008 Summer Olympic games, to the detriment of its own people. As the Heritage Foundation reported in 2021: “China came under sharp criticism for systematic human rights violations that occurred amidst its host tenure, including possible exploitation of workers involved in building the Olympic infrastructure and alleged use of child labor in products sold at the games. China’s human rights record has worsened, not improved.” Genocide and Persecution Since 2017, China has forced religious and ethnic minorities including the Uyghur Muslim population in China into internment camps, or “education and training centers.” Over a million are likely currently imprisoned there. A report from the U.S. Holocaust Museum in November of 2021 found that the Uyghurs were likely subject to “forced sterilization, sexual violence, enslavement, torture, and forcible transfer,” and that the Chinese government “may be committing genocide.” According to a 2021 report from The Heritage Foundation, which has long used the term “genocide” to describe China’s actions against the Uyghurs, “The CCP is subjecting Uyghurs and Tibetans to various forms of forced labor.” At the end of 2021, President Joe Biden signed the bipartisan Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act, which bans imports from the Xinjiang region of China where the camps are held. Point of View Radio Talk Show
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