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AP Exclusive: Full-Blown Boycott Pushed for Beijing Olympics
KOB4 ^ | May 17, 2021 | Stephen Wade

Posted on 05/17/2021 2:21:27 AM PDT by nickcarraway

Groups alleging human-rights abuses against minorities in China are calling for a full-blown boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, a move likely to ratchet up pressure on the International Olympic Committee, athletes, sponsors and sports federations.

A coalition representing Uyghurs, Tibetans, residents of Hong Kong and others issued a statement Monday calling for the boycott, eschewing lesser measures that had been floated like "diplomatic boycotts" and further negotiations with the IOC or China.

"The time for talking with the IOC is over," Lhadon Tethong of the Tibet Action Institute said in an exclusive interview with The Associated Press. "This cannot be games as usual or business as usual; not for the IOC and not for the international community."

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: beijing; boycott; buddhists; muslims; olympics

1 posted on 05/17/2021 2:21:27 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

Good


2 posted on 05/17/2021 2:32:17 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: nickcarraway

Why only concern about minorities?

China violates human rights. Period.


3 posted on 05/17/2021 2:33:35 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Lean on Joe Biden to follow Donald Trump's example and donate his annual salary to charity. L)
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To: nickcarraway

China is evil.


4 posted on 05/17/2021 2:56:19 AM PDT by Vision (Elections are one day. Reject "Chicago" vote harvesting. Election Reform Now. Obama is an evildoer.)
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To: nickcarraway

China is evil.


5 posted on 05/17/2021 2:56:20 AM PDT by Vision (Elections are one day. Reject "Chicago" vote harvesting. Election Reform Now. Obama is an evildoer.)
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To: nickcarraway

I believe I saw somewhere that North Korea may not attend the games.

So you’ll have company.


6 posted on 05/17/2021 2:57:05 AM PDT by cba123 ( Toi la nguoi My. Toi bay gio o Viet Nam)
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To: a fool in paradise

because chinese hans are the ultimate in yellow supremacy.

ccps treats non-hans like sub-sub human (while rebellious hans are sub-human)

souce: am taiwanese


7 posted on 05/17/2021 3:00:01 AM PDT by VAFreedom
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To: nickcarraway
When will Biden's controllers seize the trillion dollars in T-Bills owned by the CCP then freeze CCP assets worldwide? When will the CCP take American hostages?


8 posted on 05/17/2021 3:00:02 AM PDT by Reeses (A journey of a thousand miles begins with a government pat down.)
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To: Vision

If we boycott their showcase Olympics, they will attack us sooner. They own so much they can send us into the ashcan of history overnight. THEY HAVE OUR NUMBER AND HAVE BOUGHT OUR PRESIDENT FLAT OUT—so tHERE WILL NOT BE A bOYCOTT!


9 posted on 05/17/2021 3:11:59 AM PDT by Forward the Light Brigade ( ALWAYS GO FORWARD AND NEVER GO BACK.)
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To: nickcarraway

CCP is AZZHOLE. Targeted drone strikes would work, or some type of more advanced weaponry.

2B or not 2B
2A or no 2A

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGCdLKXNF3w


10 posted on 05/17/2021 3:41:40 AM PDT by PGalt (Past Peak Civilization?)
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To: VAFreedom

thanks. that’s what i’ve heard 2. press 3 for CCP.


11 posted on 05/17/2021 3:45:52 AM PDT by PGalt (Past Peak Civilization?)
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To: Forward the Light Brigade
I don’t disagree with most of what you said, but they are not invincible. They have a serious Achille’s heel, and that is food. They can’t feed themselves, and if we ever really wanted to get tough we could starve them out.

Of course, my scenario all depends on having a pro-American, strong-willed President in the White House, and upon the calculation that the ChiComs wouldn’t just happily let a few hundred million of their own people go without food. It also hinges on the assumption that Biden wouldn’t just let them march into the U.S. and take whatever they want.

So on second thought, you’re probably exactly right.

12 posted on 05/17/2021 3:47:54 AM PDT by noiseman (The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.)
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To: VAFreedom; All

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chubby michigan medusa g whitler has that look at times. her words and deeds fit right in.

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13 posted on 05/17/2021 3:50:29 AM PDT by PGalt (Past Peak Civilization?)
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To: Reeses

When will Biden’s controllers seize the trillion dollars in T-Bills owned by the CCP then freeze CCP assets worldwide?

Great Q


14 posted on 05/17/2021 3:57:55 AM PDT by PGalt (Past Peak Civilization?)
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To: Reeses

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3958215/posts?q=1&;page=2101


15 posted on 05/17/2021 4:06:58 AM PDT by PGalt (Past Peak Civilization?)
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To: nickcarraway

I am personally boycotting the Chinese Olympics. Please note, I haven’t watched the Olympics since 1988. I also boycot Chinese products whenever possible.


16 posted on 05/17/2021 5:52:24 AM PDT by Ge0ffrey
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