The White House reiterated that the Biden administration isn’t discussing a joint boycott of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, noting that the United States is still planning to attend the event. The confirmation comes April 7, after the State Department initially said yesterday that it was discussing with allies whether to consider a potential joint…
White House Confirms Biden Administration Not Discussing Beijing Olympics Boycott
North Korea Pulls Out of Tokyo Summer Olympics Over COVID-19 Concerns
North Korea on Tuesday became the first country to pull out of this year’s summer Olympics in Tokyo due to COVID-19 concerns. The announcement was made by North Korea’s Sports Ministry. It marks the first time the country’s athletes will miss a Summer Olympics since it boycotted Seoul in 1988 amid the Cold War. Plans…
1948 Olympic Swimmer, Masters Multiple Record Holder, Dies
Clara Lamore Walker, who swam for the United States at the 1948 Olympic Games in London, won three national championships, and later in life set hundreds of national and world swimming records in several masters age groups, has died. Walker died Friday of natural causes at an assisted living facility in North Smithfield, Rhode Island,…
Rep. Steel, Sen. Cruz Call to Move Olympics Out of China
Rep. Michelle Steel (R-Calif.) and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) have sent a letter to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) insisting the 2022 Olympics be moved out of Beijing due to gross human rights violations in the China. Steel told The Epoch Times: “[In China,] you can see lots of victims. They have human rights abuses,…
Boycott the China Winter Olympics
Commentary The time is long past in which China should be regarded as a respectable member of the international community. Not only does the CCP brutally suppress its own people but its actions pose a clear and present danger to freedom and peace throughout the world. But what to do? War isn’t an option except…
Romney Urges US Boycott of Beijing Olympics Over CCP’s ‘Repression and Brutality’
Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) on Monday pushed for a boycott of the 2022 Beijing Olympics because of the ruling communist regime’s brutal repression. “China deserves our condemnation. The Chinese Communist Party has reneged on its agreement to allow Hong Kong self rule; it has brutally suppressed peaceful demonstrators and incarcerated respected journalists. It is exacting…
Pressure Piles on US to Boycott 2022 Beijing Olympics
With less than a year until the Winter Olympics in Beijing, calls are mounting from around the globe for countries to boycott the Games over the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) ongoing abuse of human rights. In the United States, Republican lawmakers have called for the Games to be moved out of Beijing, or failing that,…
Pressure Mounts on US to Boycott 2022 Beijing Olympics
With less than a year until the Winter Olympics in Beijing, calls are growing from around the globe for countries to boycott the Games over the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) ongoing abuse of human rights. In the United States, Republican lawmakers have called for the Games to be moved out of Beijing, or failing that,…
Canada’s Never-Ending China Blunders
Commentary U.S. President Joe Biden will hold a virtual meeting with leaders of the G7 on Feb. 19 to discuss such pressing matters as the economy, the response to the pandemic, and a wildly bellicose China. Particularly as it relates to the last of these issues, the meeting could provide a glimpse into what might…
O’Toole Calls for Relocation of Beijing Olympics Over CCP’s ‘Genocide’ Against Uyghurs, ‘Police State’ in Hong Kong
Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole is calling on Ottawa to push for the relocation of the 2022 Winter Olympics outside of China due to Beijing’s “genocide against Uyghur Muslims” and “police state in Hong Kong,” violating both human rights and principles of Olympism. In a press conference on Tuesday, O’Toole said the time has come for…
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