US to Boycott Winter Olympics Over Human Rights Violations
By Movieguide® Contributor
The United States will stage a diplomatic boycott ahead of the 2022 Winter Olympics, held in Beijing this year. This boycott is in protest against Chinese human rights abuses, a move that China says they will handle with “firm countermeasures.”
White House press secretary Jen Psaki said the US athletes will compete as planned and will “have our full support,” but added “we will not be contributing to the fanfare of the games.”
“U.S. diplomatic or official representation would treat these games as business as usual in the face of the PRC’s egregious human rights abuses and atrocities in Xinjiang, and we simply can’t do that,” Psaki told reporters during a recent press briefing.
“We have a fundamental commitment to promoting human rights,” she continued. “And we feel strongly in our position and we will continue to take actions to advance human rights in China and beyond.”
American officials, including President Joseph Biden, have criticized Beijing for human rights abuses against the Uyghur group in the northwest Xinjiang province, suppression of democratic protests in Hong Kong, military aggression against the self-ruled island of Taiwan and more. Former President Trump’s administration declared the abuses in northwest China “genocide.”
Some feel that these measures aren’t enough. Senator Tom Cotton said, “The United States should fully boycott the Genocide Games in Beijing. American businesses should not financially support the Chinese Communist Party and we must not expose Team USA to the dangers of a repugnant authoritarian regime that disappears its own athletes.”
Cotton was referring to the disappearance of Chinese tennis champ Peng Shuai. Shuai was reported missing after publicly accusing a former top Communist Party official of sexual assault.
Even though this is a small step, many are applauding the Biden administration for standing up against human rights violations in China that have too often been swept under the rug.
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