For every nation who hosts Olympics Games or Winter Olympics it is a symbol of pride and honor. Host countries can see an increase in trade, foreign investment, infrastructure updates and flock of millions of tourists. Rules of Order, Democracy, Human Rights, Culture, Freedom is seen in the sports venue. Competition will be healthy one for common good of all. Nations Players will fight for the honor for peace love and sustainability. The Victor has the responsibility to lead then dominate and the looser has the opportunity to improve and win. The Beijing Winter Olympics with the theme “Together for a shared Future” has been questioned by all the actors and there are talks of “Diplomatic or Total Boycott” but why the world wants to do Diplomatic or Total Boycott of the event?
In July 2015 International Olympic Committee 128th Session Selected Beijing as host City. XXIV Olympic Winter Games commonly known as Beijing 2022 is winter multi-sport event scheduled to take place from 4 to 20 February 2022 in Beijing and towns in the neighboring Hebei province in the People's Republic of China. The 2022 Winter Olympics will be the first Winter Olympics in China and the second overall Olympics to be held in China, after the 2008 Summer Olympics also in Beijing.
Why the Diplomatic or Trade Boycott?
Maisumujiang Maimuer, Chinese religious affairs official, August 10, 2017, in a Xinhua Weibo page “Break their lineage, break their roots, break their connections, and break their origins. Completely shovel up the roots of “two-faced people,” dig them out, and vow to fight these two-faced people until the end.
Grave Human Rights violations by China in Hong Kong, Xingjiag, Tibet, Inner Mongolia has been questioned by the world? As many as a million people have been arbitrarily detained in 300 to 400 facilities, which include “political education” camps, pretrial detention centers, and prisons. Courts have handed down harsh prison sentences without due process, sentencing to years in prison merely for sending religious recording to a family member or downloading e-books. Detainees and prisoners are subjected to torture and other ill-treatment, cultural and political indoctrination, and forced labor. The oppression continues outside the detention facilities: the Chinese authorities impose a pervasive system of mass surveillance, controls on movement, arbitrary arrest and enforced disappearance, cultural and religious erasure, and family separation. Chinese authorities acknowledged that birth rates dropped by almost a third in 2018 in Xinjiang and further 24% in 2019 (compared to a nationwide decrease of 4.2%).
Under the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) crimes against humanity are serious specified offenses that are knowingly committed as part of a widespread or systematic attack against any civilian population. “Widespread” refers to the scale of the acts or number of victims. A “systematic” attack indicates a pattern or methodical plan. Crimes against humanity can be committed during peace time as well as during armed conflict, so long as they are directed against a civilian population.
In regard to the above abusive nature of China, the Democratic countries are questioning the acts of China? From Cultural Genocide to why China is not allowing WHO Investigative Teams to visit Wuhan Lab to find how the COVID-19 Virus Origin, South China Sea Freedom of Navigation issues? Why China is questioning Rules based Order? Why it is not respecting International Criminal Court Judgment on Philippines on Seas? Was Covid-19 a Man Made or it was Biological Weapon or lab leak from the market?
In this regard due to heavy pressure from Democratic forces in America and world US President Joe Biden said the US is mulling a diplomatic boycott to the grand sports gala in China in February 2022. Some Republicans have even suggested not sending US athletes to Beijing. White House spokesperson Jen Psaki said "there are areas that we do have concerns: human rights abuses, "We have serious concerns." A bipartisan group of U.S. senators in October proposed an amendment to an annual defense policy bill that would prohibit the U.S. State Department from spending federal funds to "support or facilitate" the attendance of U.S. government employees at the Games. Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has also called for a diplomatic boycott, saying global leaders who attend would lose their moral authority. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken was quoted as saying that Washington was talking to countries around the world about "how they're thinking about participation." “It’s an active conversation,” he said. Governments in Canada and Europe have also faced pressure to boycott the Games.
At last one can say that China due to its expansion policy with over does of its Communist Military Authoritarian Ideology is trying to homogenize its Nation by subduing the local culture and religion. From Mongols in Inner Mongolia to Tibet to Xinxiang the people are loosing their inherent culture traditions and ways of life. Change of Name dress appearance looks books history thought will be short-lived then permanent. Though Chain claims of Humiliation of its Era in 19th Century and 20th Century its forced droughts, floods, debt trap diplomacy, strategic wolf infrastructure overseas, control over minerals and resources, threatening neighbors with military buildup. Arbitrary change of land water and construction of artificial villages in borders has made the world to see China down? In that regard a first effort has been to boycott China Winter Olympics is more reasonable then just boycott of officials then only millions of people who lost their lives for democracy will become true. Senator Tom Cotton of Arkansas has called the Beijing Winter Olympics as "genocide Olympics" would be "too little, too late" and said no U.S. athletes, officials, or U.S. corporate sponsors should take part. Anyhow If Democracy globalization Human Rights and free Sports wins world wins in that regard US has made the right decision their Boycott of the game not only it should be Officials but the whole game and world opinion has to be built up for this then only peace and stability will sustain and pressure politics will win otherwise it will become all one sided politics of Military Authoritarian forced on world?
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