Chinese health officials recently transferred more than 1,800 residents of Beijing’s Haidian district to nearby hotels used to accommodate participants of the 2022 Winter Olympics in February as part of a mass quarantine effort to contain transmissions of the Chinese coronavirus, the state-run Global Times reported on Monday.
The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) ruled on Monday to allow Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva to continue competing in the 2022 Winter Olympics after a urine sample she submitted in December 2021 tested positive for trimetazidine, an anti-angina drug the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) prohibits athletes from using both in and out of competition.
India’s foreign ministry on Thursday announced a diplomatic “boycott” of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing in response to China’s decision to elect a Chinese soldier who fought against India in a June 2020 border skirmish as a torchbearer for the Games, India’s CNN-News18 reported.
Germany will attend the CCP’s Winter Olympics, despite the country’s Chancellor declaring he has no intention of travelling himself.
Health officials in Tianjin, China — which has been locked down since January 9 — confirmed on Thursday the detection of four new, locally transmitted Chinese coronavirus cases “caused by accidental exposure” to the virus inside a governemnt-run quarantine facility, the Global Times reported Friday.
Chinese Communist Party officials locked down much of the city of Sanhe, which borders Beijing, on Wednesday — just nine days before Beijing will host the 2022 Winter Olympics — after detecting a new Chinese coronavirus infection in a Sanhe resident who commutes to Beijing daily, the Global Times reported.
China’s Foreign Ministry on Monday denied a recent report by Bloomberg alleging Chinese dictator Xi Jinping asked Russian leader Vladimir Putin “not to invade Ukraine” during the 2022 Winter Olympics, saying the U.S.-based media company fabricated the claim “out of thin air” in an attempt “to smear and drive a wedge in China-Russia relations.”
France’s National Assembly has adopted a non-binding resolution denouncing China’s genocide against its Uyghur minority.
The administration of U.S. President Joe Biden reportedly plans to send as many as “46 officials, most of whom work for the [U.S.] Department of State,” to the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.
Organizing officials for the 2022 Winter Olympics said Tuesday the Games’ host city, Beijing, has no plans to lock down any sections of the capital to prevent the spread of the Chinese coronavirus during the event — scheduled to take place from February 4 through February 20 — despite increasing lockdowns in surrounding areas.
In what can only be described as a Disney moment, a U.S. Olympic speed skater relinquished her spot over to a fellow teammate.
Canadian two-time Olympic snowboarder and X-Games champion Drew Neilson told the country’s CBC network this week that he was considering asking the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to remove him from its historical roster in protest of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics.
A report by Open Secrets on Monday said the Chinese government has hired an American consulting firm to flood U.S. social media with “influencers” who will promote the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) view of the Winter Olympics.
China’s government newspaper the Global Times applauded the fact that no nation in the world has committed to boycotting the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics on Monday, ignoring calls from international human rights leaders to pay respect to the victims of Chinese communism by not honoring Beijing with hosting duties.
China announced over the weekend that it would ban local officials and staffers in Zhangjiakou, the suburb of Beijing scheduled to host the 2022 Winter Olympics, from leaving the area without “approval.”
President Joe Biden has opted for a “diplomatic” boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, but not a full boycott that would affect the athletes. Yet he backed a boycott of Atlanta by Major League Baseball, which withdrew the All-Star Game.
On Thursday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Situation Room,” Boston Celtics center Enes Kanter Freedom urged a boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics and wondered how we can trust China with the safety of our athletes after what they did to tennis
The UK, like the U.S. and Australia, claims it is boycotting China’s Olympics despite still sending its Olympics to participate in the games.
China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Wednesday dismissed reports that Australia plans to stage a “diplomatic boycott” of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing in February as “political posturing” by revealing “China hasn’t invited any Australian government official” to attend the Games and adding “no one would care whether they come or not.”
Congressman Chris Smith (R-NJ) lamented President Joe Biden’s decision to allow the U.S. team to play in the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics on Tuesday, calling it “an exceedingly weak gesture in response to a genocidal regime.”
New Zealand announced Tuesday it will not send representatives at the ministerial level to the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China, in February because the “logistics of travel” during the coronavirus pandemic “are not conducive” to such a trip, though Wellington said its diplomats may still attend the Games.
On Tuesday’s “Hugh Hewitt Show,” Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) argued against a full boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics in China and said the U.S. needs to “go and highlight China’s oppression. We go and tell the world about what’s
The prime minister of Japan, Kishida Fumio, told reporters on Tuesday that his country would make its “own decision” on participating in the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics – a response to President Joe Biden refusing to boycott the event despite China’s ongoing genocide of the Uyghur people and other human rights crimes.
The U.K. Guardian newspaper reported on Tuesday that Australia may decide to keep politicians from attending the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics but brand it an effort to contain the Chinese coronavirus, not a statement against the Chinese Communist Party’s human rights abuses.
China’s top English-language propagandists mocked President Joe Biden on Tuesday following the announcement that he would allow the U.S. to play in the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics but withhold uninvited politicians, comparing the move to charging “an appearance fee to go to public restrooms.”
Leftist network CNN reported on Sunday, citing anonymous “sources,” that President Joe Biden would announce a diplomatic “boycott” of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics this week – a move that would have no impact on the Games and that Chinese state media has openly mocked.
The manager of a Beijing venue that is set to host men’s ice hockey events during the 2022 Winter Olympics told China’s state-run Global Times on Thursday Olympic coordinators have yet to determine if seats in the stadium “will be open to the public.”
The saga of Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai, who disappeared after accusing former Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli of raping her prior to a consensual affair and may still be under duress from the Communist regime, took another turn on Wednesday with revelations that Zhang had a leadership role in setting up the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics.
The Chinese Foreign Ministry finally commented Tuesday on the case of tennis star Peng Shuai, who disappeared after making bombshell rape allegations against a senior Chinese Communist Party official.
On Monday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “America’s Newsroom,” Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) stated that the International Olympic Committee (IOC) is acting as the Chinese Communist Party’s “frontman” in the case of Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai and argued that
Beijing’s government imposed new travel restrictions on the city on Wednesday — including canceling or limiting flights into the capital from parts of China deemed at high-risk for coronavirus — just 79 days before Beijing is set to host the 2022 Winter Olympics, Agence France-Press (AFP) reported.
Greek police arrested two activists for protesting at the Acropolis in Athens against the upcoming Winter Olympics in Beijing.
Several establishment Republicans helped Democrats block a measure that would penalize companies for enabling the Chinese Communist Party’s hosting of next year’s winter Olympics in Beijing during a House Armed Services Committee markup of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) on Wednesday.
On Monday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Situation Room,” Rep. Tom Malinowski (D-NJ) stated that it’s wrong to hold the 2022 Winter Olympics in China while China is committing genocide, and doing so would be, “in some ways, worse than” holding the
On Friday’s broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s “Mornings with Maria,” Rep. Michael Waltz (R-FL) touted legislation he is introducing that would forbid companies that support the 2022 Olympics in China from doing business with the federal government. Waltz said,
Human rights watchdog group Bitter Winter noted on Wednesday that while China’s hosting of the 2022 Winter Olympics has been roundly criticized over Beijing’s abuse of Uyghur Muslims, a less well-known outrage is China’s decision to hold skiing competitions in the Chahar region, where Catholics were brutally oppressed after World War II.
Women’s Rights Without Frontiers is urging the Olympics Committee to move the 2022 Winter Olympics out of China or risk a boycott of the “Genocide Games.”
On Wednesday’s broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s “Cavuto: Coast to Coast,” Rep. Buddy Carter (R-GA) criticized President Joe Biden for “doing irreparable damage” to Georgia’s businesspeople and penalizing American states while refusing to call for a boycott of the 2022 Olympics in China.
According to the State Department, the United States is considering joining the boycott of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic games as the Biden Administration is working to organize an international pushback on China.
On Friday’s “Hugh Hewitt Show,” House Republican Conference Chair Liz Cheney (R-WY) said she supports boycotting the 2022 Olympics in China. Cheney said, “I remember when we boycotted the Olympics, I guess it was the 1980 Olympics. And it’s terrible
