Tag: 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics.
‘I Have Followed the Rules’: US Figure Skater Vincent Zhou Barred From Olympics Closing Ceremony Despite Multiple Negative COVID-19 Tests
As the Beijing Winter Olympics come to a close, more athletes are speaking out about this year’s Games being “sadder, quieter and scarier,” in part due to the Chinese regime’s stringent “Zero-COVID” protocols and growing...
China ‘Purifying’ Internet Content Ahead of Winter Olympics, Lunar New Year
On Jan. 25, the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) announced a crackdown on “illegal” online content ahead of the upcoming Beijing Winter Olympics and one of the country’s most important annual holidays, the Lunar New...
Omicron Arrives in Beijing Three Weeks Prior to Olympics
On Saturday, Jan. 15, Beijing was reported to have been hit with its first Omicron case, leading to a lockdown and mass testing. As the new variant of the COVID-19 pandemic strikes the heart of...
Canada and the UK Join American Diplomatic Boycott of the Beijing Winter Olympics
Both Canada and the United Kingdom have announced that they will be diplomatically boycotting the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic games scheduled to kick off in February. A diplomatic boycott means that though athletes from these...
UN Ratifies Olympic Truce as Several Nations Boycott Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics
On Dec. 2, the United Nations (UN) ratified an Olympic Truce ahead of the 2022 Olympics in Beijing, to promote peace and solidarity in the field of sports. However, 20 nations have chosen not to...
Blinken Raises Human Rights Issue on First Call with China
In his first phone call with a Chinese official, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken reiterated that the United States is committed to standing up for democratic values and human rights in Tibet, Hong Kong,...