By Andréa Worden Originally published on China Change, February 2, 2022 “The Olympics and Paralympics send a fantastic message of ‘peace and of mutual respect between people of all cultures, all civilizations and all ethnicities,’ said Guterres, days before his trip to China to attend the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics... It is … Continue reading The Gaslit Games: Xi Jinping, Thomas Bach, and António Guterres are Driving the Olympic Movement Toward a Shared Authoritarian Future
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Xi’s China dream versus the Olympic dream: Beijing 2022 and the CCP’s ‘mutually beneficial’ relationship with the IOC president
This article originally appeared on the website of Sinopsis (7/7/2021), and is available at "https://sinopsis.cz/en/ioc/". A panel discussion on ‘Promoting human rights through sport and the Olympic ideal’ at the UN Human Rights Committee will further the win-win cooperation between the CCP and the International Olympic Council and undermine the principles and values of Olympism. On July … Continue reading Xi’s China dream versus the Olympic dream: Beijing 2022 and the CCP’s ‘mutually beneficial’ relationship with the IOC president
The Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics Will Be a Glorification of Xi Jinping and the CCP’s Global Agenda; We Must Counter With a Diplomatic Boycott
By Andréa Worden Originally published on China Change, April 21, 2021 https://chinachange.org/2021/04/21/the-beijing-2022-winter-olympics-will-be-a-glorification-of-xi-jinping-and-the-ccps-global-agenda-we-must-counter-with-a-diplomatic-boycott/ A screenshot from Xinhua’s 8-minute promotion video The Story of President Xi and Winter Olympics. There are many reasons why rights-respecting governments should stay far away from Xi Jinping’s Winter Olympics. To name just a few: the Uyghur genocide, the crushing of political and civil … Continue reading The Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics Will Be a Glorification of Xi Jinping and the CCP’s Global Agenda; We Must Counter With a Diplomatic Boycott
China Pushes ‘Human Rights With Chinese Characteristics’ at the UN
This article originally appeared on the China Change website, available here: https://chinachange.org/2017/10/09/china-pushes-human-rights-with-chinese-characteristics-at-the-un/ Andréa Worden, October 9, 2017 Xi Jinping in Geneva, January 2017. Photo: UN Geneva In January 2017, after his success at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Xi Jinping traveled to Geneva to deliver a rare, invitation-only speech at the UN’s Palais des Nations. Most of the … Continue reading China Pushes ‘Human Rights With Chinese Characteristics’ at the UN
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