Tag: 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics

Attention Turns From Tokyo Olympics to Beijing 2022 Amid Calls for Boycott

As the Tokyo Summer Olympics closed on Aug. 8, attention has turned back to the controversy surrounding the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. The Tokyo Olympics games ran relatively smoothly during the COVID-19 pandemic, although it was not open to spectators. The United States scored the most gold medals with 39, with China coming in second…


Lawmakers Must Consider Xinjiang Cotton Ban Over Uyghur ‘Genocide’: UK MPs

Lawmakers should heap pressure on China over the Uyghur “genocide” by exploring a ban on the import of all cotton products linked to Xinjiang, a cross-party committee of UK MPs has said. The Foreign Affairs Committee also called for the government to boycott the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics as part of a series of recommendations…


Ministers Urged to Threaten China With Olympics Boycott Over Xinjiang Abuses

Members of the royal family and UK ministers should boycott the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics unless China allows UN investigators to examine alleged human rights abuses, Labour has said. Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab and Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden have been urged to announce a political boycott of the Games if Beijing refuses to allow a…


NTD Evening News Full Broadcast (May 18)

President Joe Biden is coming up with another multi-billion dollar plan after visiting a Ford factory in Michigan, international pressure to boycott the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics is picking up over China’s human rights abuses, and the Trump administration’s top diplomat weighs in on the Israel–Palestine conflict.


UK Should Boycott Beijing Winter Olympics Over Uyghur Genocide: Liberal Democrats Leader

Britain should boycott the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics because there is “overwhelming” evidence the Chinese regime is committing genocide against the Uyghur minority, the leader of the UK’s Liberal Democrats has said. “The Liberal Democrats, like many other people, have seen the evidence coming out from Xinjiang in western China that the Chinese authorities are…


GOP Congressmen Urge US to Boycott 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics

A group of Republican congressmen have jointly introduced a resolution calling on the United States to lead an international boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics unless it’s moved from China to another location, due to the extensive human rights abuses committed by the Chinese regime. The resolution, introduced by Reps. Guy Reschenthaler (R-Pa.) and Michael…


GOP Lawmakers Urge US to Boycott 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics

A group of Republican congressmen has jointly introduced a resolution calling on the United States to lead an international boycott of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics unless it’s moved to another country, due to the extensive human rights abuses committed by the Chinese regime. The resolution, introduced by Reps. Guy Reschenthaler (R-Pa.) Michael Waltz (R-Fla.),…


UK’s Johnson Refuses to Boycott Beijing Winter Olympics Over Uyghur Abuse

Britain does not favour sporting boycotts, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Wednesday when asked if he thought the UK should boycott the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics over the abuse of Uyghurs. At the Prime Minister’s Questions in the House of Commons, Ed Davey, leader of the Liberal Democrats, said: “Today, millions of Uyghur people…


Team Canada to Participate in 2022 Olympics, Despite Calls for a Boycott Over Beijing’s Rights Abuses

Despite widespread calls by human rights groups for countries to boycott the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, the Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) announced on Feb. 4 that Team Canada will be participating in the Games. The COC and the Canadian Paralympic Committee (CPC) said in a joint statement that although they are “deeply concerned” over…