Beijing Winter Olympics: Human rights? China won that battle. Almost.
As the Beijing Winter Olympics came to an end earlier this week, JOHN LEICESTER, of Associated Press, reports on calls to reform the Olympic movement…
US ambassador to UN says China tried to distract with Uyghur athlete in Opening Ceremony
AP The US ambassador to the United Nations says China’s selection of a Uyghur athlete to help deliver the Olympic flame in Beijing was an attempt by Chinese officials to “distract” from global attention on its human rights violations. The United States is staging a diplomatic boycott of the Olympics, sending athletes but not the […]
Increased COVID cases at Beijing Games no reason for concern, organisers say
Beijing, ChinaReuters COVID-19 cases inside Beijing’s Winter Olympic Games bubble hit the second highest since arrivals began after 45 new cases were detected on 4th February, but organisers say the situation is under control and cases confined to the ‘closed loop’. The cases among Olympics-related personnel were up from 21 a day earlier while cases […]
Beijing torch begins COVID-shortened relay; Pope hails Paralympians, refugee athletes in Olympic message
Beijing, ChinaReuters Beijing’s COVID-shortened Olympic torch relay began on Wednesday with basketball great Yao Ming and a Chinese soldier wounded in a bloody 2020 border clash with India among the first to carry the symbolic flame on a journey that will last only three days. The route taking the flame to landmarks including the Great […]
COVID cases mount as athletes, personnel arrive in Beijing
Beijing, ChinaReuters During the past four days China has detected 119 COVID-19 cases among athletes and personnel involved in the Beijing Winter Olympics, with authorities imposing a “closed loop” bubble to keep participants, staff and media separated from the public. The tally from the weekend showed 37 new cases on Sunday, and 34 on Saturday, […]
Beijing Olympics open in four months; human rights talk absent
AP When the International Olympic Committee awarded Beijing the 2008 Summer Olympics, it promised the Games could improve human rights and civil liberties in China. There is no such lofty talk this time with Beijing’s 2022 Winter Olympics – the first city to host both the Summer and Winter Games – opening in just four months on […]
Explainer: What’s driving a possible boycott of Beijing Winter Olympics?
AP Some kind of boycott is almost sure to affect next year’s Beijing Winter Olympics. It’s driven by the widely reported internment of Muslim Uighurs and other ethnic minorities in China, which has been termed a genocide by human rights groups. In this 3rd February, file photo, exiled Tibetans use the Olympic Rings as a […]