Category: 2022 Beijing Olympics

Disappearance of Uyghur Skier Is a Reminder of Beijing’s Repression of Ethnic Minorities

News Analysis The Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) repression of ethnic minorities was the reason for a widespread diplomatic boycott of the Winter Olympics. Now, a Uyghur skier who lit the Olympic flame has gone missing. Just days into the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games, and controversy already abounds. A Dutch reporter was mishandled by Chinese…


US-born China Skier Dubbed ‘Beijing’s Daughter’

Five top athletes get disqualified from the Beijing Olympics ski jumping final. But the ski suit violations seem to be sparking more conversation than who got the gold. A Chinese speed skater trips a fellow women’s division competitor. Accusations are mounting over whether it was on purpose. But that’s not all. In the men’s category,…


The Beijing Olympics Will Embolden the CCP, Just as the Berlin Games Emboldened Hitler

Commentary The Winter Olympics, or as some prefer, “the Genocide Games,” are in progress in Beijing, with participation from 91 countries. I generally eschew hyperbole, but my mind keeps straying to the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin, the first time in Olympic history that a boycott was proposed—but failed to launch—on human-rights abuse grounds. Hitler…


Legendary Snowboarder Shaun White to Retire After Beijing Olympics

SAN DIEGO—Extreme sports legend and Carlsbad native Shaun White plans to retire after competing in the Beijing Winter Olympics. The 35-year-old White, once dubbed the “Flying Tomato” because of his flowing red hair, has participated in four Winter Olympics in his career, winning gold in the snowboard halfpipe event in 2006, 2010, and 2018. “This…


Xi-Putin Olympics Summit Is Explicitly—and Primarily—Anti-US

News Analysis The Feb. 4 meeting between Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin proceeded with the expected proclamations of “mutual trust” and “the spirit of friendship.” According to the Kremlin, there were a total of 16 agreements across various spheres of cooperation reached during the meeting. These included economic trade, technology, and…


‘Shame on the IOC’—Andrew Bremberg on the 2022 Beijing Olympics and Human Rights Atrocities in China

“What else does a country need to do in terms of terrible human rights abuses and bad behavior to merit a response from international organizations like the IOC?” Today, we sit down with Andrew Bremberg, President of the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation and former U.S. Representative to the Office of the United Nations. “One…


‘Genocide Games’: Coalition of Human Rights Groups Holds Alternative Olympics Opening Ceremony

As the opening ceremony for the Winter Olympics was taking place in Beijing on Feb. 4, a coalition of human rights groups held their version of a ceremony outside the Chinese embassy in Ottawa on the same day, calling the international sporting event the “Genocide Games.” The half-hour ceremony, co-organized by advocacy groups such as…


Human Rights Groups Protest Outside of Chinese Consulate on Eve of Beijing Olympics

LOS ANGELES—A crowd of human rights activists chanted “Free Tibet, free Uyghur, free Taiwan, free Hong Kong, free East Turkestan” in front of the Chinese Consulate in downtown Los Angeles on the eve of the Beijing Olympics. On Feb. 3, a coalition of 15 human rights groups gathered outside 443 Shatto Place, one of China’s…


Beijing Tightens ‘Social Stability’ for Olympics

It’s T-minus one day until the Beijing Winter Olympics. The State Department says American athletes have the right to protest—as more and more speak up against human rights abuses there. On the other hand, Speaker Nancy Pelosi is urging them to stay silent until they’ve left Beijing, for their own safety. In a last-ditch effort…


Boycott Beijing: Biden’s Opportunity to Unite Americans

Commentary He promised to unite the country. And while he couldn’t achieve unity with record inflation, an oppressive vaccine mandate, labor shortages, the worst border crisis in American history, and his shameful withdrawal from Afghanistan, President Joe Biden still has the chance to deliver on his unity promise by boycotting the 2022 Winter Olympics in…