American figure skater Timothy LeDuc condemned China’s “horrifying human rights abuses” in remarks shortly after qualifying to participate in the 2022 Beijing Olympics this weekend, admitting to feeling “powerless” about the situation amid calls to boycott the prestigious event.
Students for a Free Tibet said on Saturday that Tibetan, Uyghur, and Hong Kong activists are meeting with Olympic athletes at the final qualifying events for the upcoming Beijing Winter Olympics to talk about China’s human rights abuses.
Timothy LeDuc, a pairs figure skater who broke a U.S. Figure Skating Championship record at the event that wrapped up Sunday in Nashville, will reportedly become the first “non-binary” person to compete in the Olympics.
Human rights activists and victims of the communist regime in China launched a campaign on Monday to encourage American athletes to boycott the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, for moral reasons as well as their own safety.
Protesters from New York’s Tibetan, Hongkonger, Southern Mongolian, and Kazakh communities and their allies rallied outside of Rockefeller Center on Tuesday demanding that NBC drop its coverage of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics.
A State Department spokesperson confirmed to the South China Morning Post on Tuesday that President Joe Biden is sending over a dozen officials to China in anticipation of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, an apparent violation of his own “diplomatic boycott.”
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) told Breitbart News in an exclusive interview that he does not believe in boycotting the 2022 Winter Olympics in China because it would “punish” young athletes who have trained their entire lives to compete on the international stage.
Two-time Olympic champion Mikaela Shiffrin is the latest elite skier to test positive for COVID-19 with the Beijing Games less than six weeks away.
As the year comes to a close, the Chinese government, broadcaster NBC, and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) have begun ramping up promotion for the upcoming Beijing Winter Olympics – held under a regime currently committing genocide and actively persecuting athletes and journalists.
American computer chip maker Intel issued an apology in Chinese text on Thursday for a previous statement in which it urged its Chinese suppliers to not source products from Xinjiang, a region where human rights experts say nearly every manufactured product is guaranteed to have been made by slaves.
Chinese state outlets and government-censored social media users unleashed a “tsunami of anger” against the American computer chip maker Intel on Wednesday in response to news that the company sent a letter to Chinese suppliers warning it not to source products from Xinjiang.
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.
The Chinese Foreign Ministry welcomed American athletes to Beijing for the 2022 Winter Olympics on Monday, promising to guarantee their “safety and convenience” in a city plagued by coronavirus lockdowns and communist repression.
Russian leader Vladimir Putin effusively accepted an invitation to attend the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics from dictator Xi Jinping this week – an invite that served as a reminder that Olympic officials banned Russia as a government, and Putin personally, from attending.
If things are allowed to continue, within a decade or so, every sports record held by a woman will fall to a biological male.
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.
Two Tibetans chained themselves to an Olympic rings display outside the headquarters of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in Lausanne, Switzerland, on Saturday to protest the 2022 Olympic Winter Games, Reuters reported.
Rep. Drew Ferguson (R-GA) told Breitbart News on Friday that U.S. athletes should not compete in the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China.
The man who is on the UPenn’s women’s swim team is speaking out in the wake of outrage over his breaking records competing against females.
The government of the sovereign state of Taiwan issued remarks this week asserting that it “respects” the decision by President Joe Biden not to send politicians to the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics and would consider a similar move, but suggested that a boycott of the event is not on the table.
The Uyghur Tribunal, an independent effort by human rights experts and international legal scholars to assess the ongoing genocide of Uyghur people in the occupied region of East Turkistan, found in a judgment issued Thursday that the occupying force, China, is guilty of genocide beyond a reasonable doubt.
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.
American athletes should not participate in the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China, Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) said on Wednesday.
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.”
Senator Rick Scott (R-FL) called for the Winter Olympics to be moved from Beijing during an appearance on FNC’s “The Ingraham Angle” on Tuesday.
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.
A year into a global human rights campaign urging world leaders to boycott the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics in protest of genocide and other atrocities under the Chinese government, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has evaded the topic entirely.
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.
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.”
The White House confirmed Monday the United States would play in the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, despite the Chinese Communist Party’s long history of human rights violations and ongoing genocide against Muslims in the country.
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 Chinese propaganda site Global Times regaled former NBA star Stephon Marbury with an extensive profile on Wednesday after Marbury, who has lived in China for 11 years, excitedly praised China’s “hospitality,” applauded top epidemiologist Zhong Nanshan, and predicted the 2022 Beijing Olympics would be “extraordinary.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) again defended China on Thursday over the ongoing disappearance of tennis champion Peng Shuai, claiming that she appeared “safe … given the difficult situation” in a video call following her accusation of rape against a top Chinese Communist Party official.
China’s state-run Global Times newspaper mocked the possibility of a “diplomatic boycott” of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics by President Joe Biden on Monday, claiming Biden can’t withdraw his political representatives from the event because they are not invited.
China’s government-controlled propaganda newspaper Global Times proclaimed a potential “diplomatic” boycott of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics “no big deal” on Monday given that it would not result in any athletes not participating.
The Chinese Communist Party flooded social media this weekend with images of Peng Shuai, a tennis champion who disappeared after accusing a senior communist of raping her, insisting she was neither missing nor in danger.
The Kremlin revealed on Friday that Chinese dictator Xi Jinping invited his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to attend the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, an occasion marred by China’s ongoing human rights atrocities, including genocide.
Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) chairman and CEO Steve Simon on Wednesday expressed deep skepticism about a purported email from missing Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai. Simon said he had a “very hard time believing that Peng Shuai actually wrote the email.”
