The Indian government has pulled out of the Beijing Olympics opening ceremony after reports that one of the Chinese torchbearers was a Chinese military commander involved in deadly clashes with Indian troops in the Himalayan border area of Ladakh in 2020 that killed at least 20 Indian soldiers.
AP reports that” India’s foreign affairs spokesman Arindam Bagchi on Thursday said it was ‘regrettable that the Chinese side has chosen to politicize an event like the Olympics.’” The spokesman added that the Indian Embassy in Beijing would also not send a representative to the closing ceremonies.
India now joins the United States and 17 other nations (such as Australia, Britain and Canada) diplomatically boycotting the Beijing Winter Olympics over a range of issues, including, as the White House noted, the “ongoing genocide and crimes against humanity in Xinjiang and other human rights abuses.”
But that isn’t all China is guilty of. In recent years, China’s communist leaders have crushed democratic rights and freedoms in Hong Kong and threatened to invade democratic Taiwan. They have also brutally repressed ethnic minorities and Christians throughout China, and Tibet, and have forcibly detained as many as a million Uyghurs and other Muslims in in re-education camps in Xinjiang.
The diplomatic boycott does not prevent athletes from participating in the games, only government officials.
“For the Chinese, obviously, they’re not happy,” says Lisa Neirotti, a professor of sport management at George Washington University. “They’d rather have no boycott, whether it’s diplomatic or not.
Among those roughly two dozen leaders attending the Winter Games are Russia’s Vladimir Putin, Polish President Andrzej Duda, Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan, and Emir Sheik Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani of Qatar.
Meanwhile there is the growing concern that if an athlete offends the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) – perhaps protesting the Uyghur cultural genocide, Tibet or Hong Kong, the Chinese government could react very poorly.
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Im sorry, but why are these athletes of our Country going there at all. These people are totally inhuman and a COMMUNIST COUNTRY,DUH?(
Ask ChinaJoeschmuck
Because the Bidens are in business with China.
The military infiltrating the Olympics ?,…. peeloser saying we must use a diplomatic boycott? Diplomats don’t participate,…. and the stocks ? Nasty VERY old peeloser getting rich off the backs of Americans by playing the chinese Bribes game?,…. this Is probably the reason the Dems are flipping to communism with fervor, They have seen the way the Pahhhhty rewards Oppressors,….
which the demonRATS Have become Again just like in The 1860’s, when they had the Klan and the night-riders.
Mere diplomatic boycott is laughably impotent.
Countries should have never sent their athletes to an Olympics hosted by a Communist country. Furthermore, the International Olympic Committee should be ashamed of even discussing the possibility of allowing China to host the Games.
When such unconscionable things happen, I always smell grease–as in greased palms.
Just the palms?? I’m sure Peelosi and Biden bath in “grease” provided by China.
Very very stupid to award the Olympic Games to a communist country!
What is going on in this world NOW? Why can’t people get along with each other?Is it power that they want? Canadian Prime Minister, to you I will say, stop the MADNESS, every STATE needs TRUCKERS, if the Truckers stop running, you Mr. Prime Minister will feel the pinch, because without the Truckers, how do you get food on your table? Super Market shelves look as if hurricane is coming and everyone is being a GOFER. Why can’t everyone get along with each other? Would someone do something GOOD for your neighbor?
Why are we their – the athlete from the US should not be in a country where mass genocide is being carried out – I won’t watch a minute – my wife also won’t watch – FJB LGB
Worse yet, you have American athletes repping for China – very sad!!!!
Yes, and Chuck the Finks!
LISTEN UP…GOD is Still TAKING DOWN the CHINESE GOVT…the DEMOCRATS and the FOREIGN TERRORISTS. GOD Always WINS. From SamuraiQueen. 😄😄😄😇😇😇
Sorry, most Olympic participants are no way near truly “amateur athletes”! They are well-sponsored as full future revenue generating properties. That’s the world of sports today- money! Just look at the NFL Pro Bowl last weekend. It was like watching a neighborhood flag football games for kids. First “no contact” football game I’ve ever seen. I’m not a Democrat or a member of Biden’s family so why would I help China make money to buy more Democrats!
Hooray thanks India awesome
We haven’t watched the olympics for many years and have no idea who is competing. Ever since they brought politics in we got out. Same thing with the NFL.
I think it’s HILARIOUS that INDIA of all places boycotts China’s human rights record……..Man, that’s rich……
These Olympics are a positive horror story – mistreatment of contestants, deliberately poor (and differential) treatment of non-Chinese competitors, questionable and objectionable officiating, zealous censorship of everyone involved, including violence against even foreign reporters who say anything the Chinese think reflects poorly on them, etc. Disqualification of foreign competitors for comments to which the Chinese object, etc. To call the games a dystopian nightmare is an understatement. Of course, if you watch NBC or ESPN (the two American broadcasters with coverage rights of the games), you’d not notice because those two companies have absolutely prostituted themselves -they might as well be official organs of the CCP’s Ministry of Propaganda.
China is NOT a member of the world community. They perceive themselves, once again, as “The MIddle Kingdom”, with all other nations detestable barbarians who aren’t owed even the most basic courtesy. Even their name for foreign ambassadors translates into “Tribute Bearers”, which tells you precisely how the rest of the world is perceived and treated. It’s not just COVID and the Olympics, it’s everything and the rest of the world needs to wake up and quickly.
Good for India! America should have boycotted but our President and his family are business partners with China.