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Biden orders U.S. diplomatic boycott of Beijing Winter Olympics
December 7, 2021December 8, 2021
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Biden orders U.S. diplomatic boycott of Beijing Winter Olympics

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The Globe and Mail: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/olympics/article-us-plans-diplomatic-boycott-of-olympics-china-threatens-to-retaliate/ U.S. President Joe Biden has ordered a diplomatic boycott of the Winter Olympic Games in Beijing to protest the Chinese government’s repression of Uyghurs, and Canada is considering following suit. White House press secretary Jennifer Psaki announced Monday that U.S. officials will not attend the Olympics in February of next...

Broadcasters urged to cancel plans to cover Beijing Olympics
September 9, 2021January 16, 2024
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Broadcasters urged to cancel plans to cover Beijing Olympics

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AP original link: https://news.yahoo.com/broadcasters-urged-cancel-plans-cover-032601769.html?guccounter=1 TOKYO (AP) — Some of the world’s largest broadcasters including American network NBC are being asked by human rights groups to cancel plans to cover next year’s Winter Olympics in Beijing. The Winter Games are scheduled to open on Feb. 4. The request comes in an open letter from rights groups representing minorities...

The Straw Man of Tibet-Xinjiang Equivalence: A Response
June 3, 2021August 2, 2021
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The Straw Man of Tibet-Xinjiang Equivalence: A Response

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Original article: https://www.cfr.org/blog/straw-man-tibet-xinjiang-equivalence-response?utm_medium=social_share&utm_source=fb&fbclid=IwAR1wvQ-ZZzwJuFnq61ASQoCtP4sfRSjp5xf-t8AJPWxp-GDaoPbzNUshvEE Tenzin Dorjee is a Senior Researcher and Strategist at the Tibet Action Institute and a PhD candidate at Columbia University. In a post published on the Council on Foreign Relations’ Asia Unbound blog on March 29, Tibetologist Robert Barnett admonishes what he sees as the blurring of lines between advocacy and scholarship in the discourse on...

Full-blown boycott pushed for 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing
May 17, 2021October 15, 2021
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Full-blown boycott pushed for 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing

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ESPN (Associated Press): https://www.espn.co.uk/olympics/story/_/id/31459936/full-blown-boycott-pushed-2022-winter-olympics-beijing 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...

Beijing 2022: Boycott is the Only Option
April 8, 2021January 16, 2024
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Beijing 2022: Boycott is the Only Option

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We are Uyghur and Tibetan activists. We call on the United States, Canada and like-minded countries to coordinate a global boycott of the 2022 Olympics in China. By Zumretay Arkin and Lhadon Tethong Article link: https://zumretay.medium.com/beijing-2022-boycott-is-the-only-option-23de017b579b A movement calling for a boycott of the 2022 Beijing Olympics is gaining momentum. State Department officials have recently...

Opinion: Anti-China is not anti-Asian
April 7, 2021April 7, 2021
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Opinion: Anti-China is not anti-Asian

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The Atlanta-area spa shootings — in which a White gunman allegedly slaughtered eight people, including six Asian women — have propelled the subject of anti-Asian violence to the center of the national conversation. For first-generation Asian Americans such as myself, who never begrudged our collective invisibility so long as our personal security was assured, it is profoundly...

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