US not planning to boycott Beijing Winter Olympics despite Xinjiang genocide designation

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By George Ramsay, CNN

Updated 1640 GMT (0040 HKT) February 4, 2021

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James Tapper

Sat 6 Feb 2021 19.00

 US not planning to boycott Beijing Winter Olympics despite Xinjiang genocide designation

China is facing calls for the 2022 Games to be moved elsewhere over its human rights record

The State Department said separately that the US is ‘deeply disturbed’ by reports of systematic rape and sexual abuse against women in Uygur internment camps

Reuters

Published: 7:45am, 4 Feb, 2021

The White House and the State Department, asked repeatedly in recent days whether the Biden administration supported moving the Games, referred reporters to the US Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) for further comment.

“We oppose Games boycotts because they have been shown to negatively impact athletes while not effectively addressing global issues,” the USOPC said in a statement.

Biden’s White House has not previously suggested publicly that it would oppose China as host, despite Beijing facing international condemnation for running labour and detention camps in Xinjiang.

Reuters sought comment from 15 global Olympic corporate sponsors, including American companies Coca-Cola, General Electric and Visa.

Only international insurance company Allianz responded, saying it had “zero-tolerance” for discrimination, but that it intended to remain a sponsor.

enior IOC member Dick Pound, a Canadian, said he doubted pressure would change the IOC’s support for staging the event in Beijing.

“My guess is there will be more voices urging it (a boycott), but I don’t think it is going to change the basic IOC view. It’s a very complicated and tension filled world and the more doors you can keep open the better,” Pound said.

The US administration has signalled it has no plans to bar US athletes from taking part in Beijing 2022.

“We’re not currently talking about changing our posture or our plans as it relates to the Beijing Olympics,” White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki said this week.

反中派がボイコットを叫んで、人権問題が話題になるが、結局、北京五輪は開催、スポンサーも降りない、ってところか。