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“I hope this is the first step for the United States government to join 180 human rights organizations calling for a boycott of the (Beijing Winter Olympics) and place the United States at the forefront of defenders of the human rights in the world, “said Congressman Waltz.
Based on the content, the resolution first urged the United States Olympic Committee to propose to the International Olympic Committee that the 2022 Winter Olympics be transferred to venues outside of the People’s Republic of China. If the proposal is rejected by the International Olympic Committee, “the United States Olympic Committee and other national Olympic committees should withdraw from the 2022 Olympic Games.”
The resolution cited the annual report of the China Committee of the United States Congress and Administration (CECC) as saying that the Communist Party of China took unprecedented steps last year to “expand its repressive policies by examining, intimidating and detaining individuals and groups exercising basic human functions and rights, especially in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region and Hong Kong. “
The resolution mentioned that China (the Communist Party of China) has taken measures such as large-scale detention, forced labor, and increased vigilance to bring China’s religion under stricter official control. At the same time, the resolution also accused the Chinese government (CCP) of hiding the new corona virus epidemic through censorship, sparking a global outbreak.
The resolution declared that “the Olympic Games are a celebration of international culture and a festival of humanity. It is an activity aimed at separating political, ideological and diplomatic differences.”
“However, in China, organized atrocities continue to be committed in Xinjiang; the freedom of Hong Kong citizens continues to be trampled on; the basic rights of people to participate in religious worship continue to be cruelly persecuted; the new epidemic of the Hong Kong virus the crown continues to sweep the world and will be held in China 2022. The Winter Olympics will be immoral, ethical and wrong, “said the resolution.
“Rewarding dictators for their bad behavior will only make them bolder. There is no worse time to reward Xi Jinping for his completely reckless and inhumane behavior,” Waltz wrote in a press release Monday.
Congressman Waltz also said that Beijing should not enjoy the financial benefits and free publicity that accompany the Olympic Games. “This is like saying that it is normal for China to jail millions of citizens on the basis of race and religion, or to cause a pandemic around the world,” Waltz said.
Waltz, a member of the House Armed Services Committee, also mentioned that dictatorships are trying to use the Olympics to legitimize their various methods and positions in the international community: Nazi Germany, the Soviet Union, Russia and now the People’s Republic of China.
Waltz gave an example in his presentation that then-US President Carter lobbied the US Olympic Committee to boycott the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, and actively sought international cooperation to boycott. the Moscow Olympics to protest the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. By joining the boycott and other factors, the number of countries participating in the Olympics was the lowest since 1956: only 65 countries officially participated, and 7 of them participated in the competition but were absent from the opening ceremony.
It is worth mentioning that China (the CCP) also joined dozens of countries that boycotted the 1980 Moscow Olympics and did not participate in the competition.
Republican United States Senator Rick Scott (Florida), who has been actively following and criticizing China’s (CCP) human rights issues in Xinjiang for a long time, also introduced a resolution earlier this month, calling on the Olympic Committee International that makes the winter of 2022 the Olympic Games are transferred out of China and allowed to host other countries “unless Beijing immediately solves its grave and massive human rights violations.”
This Senate resolution currently has the support of six Republican senators.
Last week, US President Biden and Communist Party of China leader Xi Jinping had their first phone call after changing hands at the White House. The White House statement read: “President Biden emphasized the coercive and unjust economic behavior of Beijing, the repression of Hong Kong, the violation of human rights in Xinjiang, and the increasingly powerful behavior in the region, including Taiwan. Basic concern “.
The Waltz congressman told Fox News that he hopes the Biden administration can really “take a comprehensive look at these things,” including the Chinese government (CCP) suppressing freedom of religion and expression.
In January this year, before leaving office, US Secretary of State Pompeo characterized the Chinese government (CCP) crackdown on Uighurs as genocide. The new Secretary of State for Biden’s administration, Antony Blinken, once agreed to this designation at his personnel confirmation hearing.
As Beijing enters its 11th month to host the 2022 Winter Olympics, the League of Nations, made up of more than 180 human rights groups from around the world, issued an open letter on February 3, calling on leaders of all countries to pay attention to China’s human rights record. and boycott the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics.
As the international community has drawn attention to China’s human rights issues and has become increasingly popular to boycott the Beijing Winter Olympics, the CCP’s official media “Global Times” issued a statement on 8 February threatening that the CCP would respond to countries that boycott Beijing. Winter Olympics with “severe penalties.
Waltz said he can’t imagine how much American athletes put into this moment in their lives, but “this moment is much more important than a sports competition.”
“Let’s make it clear that this is the last resort. Unfortunately, the International Olympic Committee has shown that, like many other international organizations, it is subject to corruption of CCP funds,” Waltzer wrote at the end. It is the first step for the United States government to join 180 human rights organizations calling for a boycott of the (Beijing Winter Olympics) and placing the United States at the forefront of human rights defenders. in the world.
——Voice of America (original title “It is immoral to host the Olympic Games in China,” Republican congressmen call for a boycott of the Beijing Winter Olympics)
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