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https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/sport/pompeo-calls-us-boycott-beijing-winter-olympics-china-14346690 WASHINGTON: Former secretary of state Mike Pompeo on Friday (Mar 5) backed calls for the United States to boycott the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, saying China's "nasty" activity made it an inappropriate host. Pompeo, a vociferous critic of Beijing while he was Donald Trump's top diplomat, said the previous administration had tried in its final months to persuade the International Olympic Committee to move the Winter Games. "I hope that our athletes get a chance t

https://www.thechronicleherald.ca/news/world/uighurs-take-case-against-beijing-games-to-ioc-ethics-chief-ban-ki-moon-560117/ Uighurs take case against Beijing Games to IOC ethics chief Ban Ki-moon

https://www.politico.eu/article/china-beijing-2022-winter-olympics-human-rights-violations-uighurs/ Sjoerd Sjoerdsma, a Dutch MP from the ruling coalition’s D66 party, pointed to “the largest detention of an ethnic minority since World War II” and highlighted stories of forced sterilization and rape as evidence that China should be stripped of the Olympics. Sjoerdsma, whose social liberal party initiated the Dutch motion to call the treatment of the Uighur minority a genocide, said athletes should decide for themselves whether to go to Beijing, but he would prefer that the Internatio

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/china-calls-for-2022-winter-olympics-boycott-doomed-to-fail-bodies-boycott-failure-calendar-capital-b1811557.html

That's a surprising statement from Cruz - maybe he has given up trying for 2024.

https://www.insidethegames.biz/index.php/articles/1104879/beijing-2022-boycott-nikki-haley The IOC is netrual on genocide.

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2021/mar/01/boycott-beijing-winter-olympics-berlin A good article.

This type of behaviour and no complant from the IOC will see nations permantly pulling out the Olympic movement.

As I have been saying for months. The IOC has no idea that boycotts are likely - they seem to be think it won't happen.

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house-shifts-beijing-olympics-boycott-pressure-uyghur-genocide I think USOC will end up agreeing to boycott.

Western companies are being targeted for their Olympic links either direct or indirect.

For how long through - the sponsors are now being targeted - USOC might find it's commercially more viable to boycott.

https://timesofsandiego.com/sports/2021/02/26/biden-mulls-beijing-olympic-boycott-would-doom-san-diego-medal-favorites-white-humphries/ Press in the USA seem to be reading the white house statement as if Biden might recommend a full boycott.

Genocide is a specific incident.

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/us-boycott-2022-winter-olympics-040240212.html Boycotting will be popular - will Biden want the Republicans to be able to argue he is soft on China - I don't think so - America will ultimately boycott IMO.