Should the U.S. boycott the winter Olympics in China? Update: Diplomatic boycott is on. (1 Viewer)

[Summer Wheat]

There's also the Peng Shuai situation.

Chinese tennis player accused a former Chinese Communist Party leader of sexual assault in a social media post on Nov. 2. She hasn't been seen since.

Yikes...our womens soccer team would be all missing if we were like China.

 

[kface]

It's time for the entire world to wake up to China.  I live in the PNW and they are buying the USA from the inside out...with huge long term ramifications

 

[Insein]

Completely boycotting the Olympics does nothing, sending Kamala Harris to sit in a suite with Chinese officials does nothing. 

Let the athletes do their thing, don’t send diplomats, politicians. This is the correct choice IMO. 

That does nothing either. This is the equivalent of a stronger worded letter. 

Besides, the US government doesn't want those human rights violations getting in the way of their corporate overlord's profits. Better to play lol service to it for the idiot masses while letting it carry on business as usual. 

 

[The General]

That does nothing either. This is the equivalent of a stronger worded letter. 

Besides, the US government doesn't want those human rights violations getting in the way of their corporate overlord's profits. Better to play lol service to it for the idiot masses while letting it carry on business as usual. 

Yes. There is nothing very meaningful coming out of boycotting the games other than punishing athletes. 

 

[Max Power]

https://twitter.com/stillgray/status/1489353776838623232?s=20&t=-UPnGBUuGve7iwNpr4NGeg

Say what now?  

 

[The General]

https://twitter.com/stillgray/status/1489353776838623232?s=20&t=-UPnGBUuGve7iwNpr4NGeg

Say what now?  

She was speaking at a Congressional Executive Commission on China hearing.

Here's a bit more of what she said: Link

 

[quick-hands]

https://twitter.com/stillgray/status/1489353776838623232?s=20&t=-UPnGBUuGve7iwNpr4NGeg

Say what now?  

Well her husband does have some monster business contracts with the ruthless Chinese