Last week, Yang Shu, deputy director general of international relations for the Beijing organizing committee, said at a press conference that “dedicated departments” would investigate athletes’ comments at the Games. “Any behaviour or speech that is against the Olympic spirit, especially against the Chinese laws and regulations, are also subject to certain punishment.”
So let’s get this straight: athletes and journalists attending Beijing 2022 are likely to be subject to authoritarian surveillance, cybercrime, and censorship. If they are perceived to step out of line, they, by China’s own admission, will be subject to the CCP’s notorious brand of draconian punishment. Based on those two sentences alone, never mind other concerns like the Uyghur genocide, how is it conscionable to permit these Games to proceed?
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