Beijing’s free-speech threat at Winter Olympics is the millionth reason to boycott – New York Post

Beijing last week provided another reason to skip the 2022 Winter Olympics Games: a warning to competing athletes to not speak about about Chinas aggression, oppression or genocidal abuses.

Any expression that is in line with the Olympic spirit Im sure will be protected, Yang Shu, the Beijing Organizing Committees deputy director general of international relations, generously allows. But: Any behavior or speech that is against the Olympic spirit, especially against the Chinese laws and regulations, are also subject to certain punishment.

Nice to know the Chinese Communist Partys view of Olympic spirit, already apparent in its treatment of its own athletes.

Just two months ago, the CCP disappeared Chinas own three-time tennis Olympian Peng Shuai after she publicly accused former top party leader Zhang Gaoili of sexual assault. Her allegations immediately were scrubbed from the Internet; Peng went missing for 18 days.

But the no-nos could literally be anything the CCP deems offensive or illegal under its ambiguous national security law.

Team USA and other squads encourage athletes to protect themselves against Chinese surveillance, urging them to bring burner phones so their personal data is not at risk. Like computers, the data and applications on cell phones are subject to malicious intrusion, infection and data compromise, runs the US warning.

Yang added that the politicization of sports is one of the things opposed by the Olympic Charter and that dedicated departments would be established if any protests violated Chinese laws or the Olympic regulations.

What kinds of dedicated departments? Well find out when China makes something up on the spot.

And dont expect the International Olympic Committee to stand by the athletes or free speech; its been too busy defending its choice of Beijing to host the games, despite its repeated atrocities.

These Olympics threaten to add a whole new competition with the CCP racking up gold medals for fresh oppression.

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Beijing's free-speech threat at Winter Olympics is the millionth reason to boycott - New York Post