- 21 May, 2024
Foreign Affairs, Geopolitics & National SecurityWinter Olympics
Analysis: In Peng case, a glimpse into the machinery of Beijing’s control
By Gabriel Crossley and Yew Lun Tian BEIJING (Reuters) - Tennis star Peng Shuai's sexual assault allegation and its aftermath have brought the realities of China's censorship and secrecy around…
UK considering diplomatic boycott of Winter Olympics in Beijing: The Times
(Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is considering a diplomatic boycott of the Winter Olympics in Beijing next year in protest at China's record on human rights, the Times…
Rights group urges Beijing Games sponsors to press China on Xinjiang
BEIJING (Reuters) - New York-based Human Rights Watch on Friday criticised corporations sponsoring the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics for ignoring what it says are China's crimes against humanity in its…
China’s growing COVID-19 outbreak tests vulnerable border towns
BEIJING (Reuters) - China has reported nearly 250 locally transmitted cases of COVID-19 since the start of the current outbreak 10 days ago, with many infections in remote towns along…
Olympics-Beijing Games organisers receive flame amid calls for boycott
By Karolos Grohmann ATHENS (Reuters) -Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics organisers on Tuesday received the Olympic flame at a heavily-guarded Panathenaic stadium in central Athens as human rights activists called on…
Olympics-Protest disrupts Beijing Games torch-lighting ceremony
By Karolos Grohmann ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece (Reuters) - Human rights activists unfurled a banner reading "No Genocide Games", waved a Tibetan flag and called for a boycott of the Beijing…
Russia’s Putin to attend 2022 Beijing Olympics – report
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin has accepted China's invitation to attend the Beijing Olympics in February 2022, the RIA news agency quoted Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov as…
US lawmakers press corporate sponsors to boycott Beijing Winter Olympics
Washington DC [US], July 28 (ANI): A group of US lawmakers on Tuesday (local time) urged corporate sponsors to back out of the 2022 Beijing Olympics, over human rights violations…
Postpone, relocate 2022 Winter Olympics if China does not end abuses: US lawmakers
Washington DC [US], July 25 (ANI): A group of US lawmakers has called on the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to postpone the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics and relocate the games…
UK House of Commons votes to stage boycott of Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics
London [UK], July 15 (ANI): The UK House of Commons has unanimously passed a motion calling for the British government to stage a diplomatic boycott of the Beijing 2022 Winter…
Dozens of Uyghurs, Tibetans, Hongkongers stage protest in US against Beijing Winter Olympics
By Reena Bhardwaj Washington [US], June 24 (ANI): Dozens of Uyghur, Tibetan and Hong Kong activists gathered outside the White House to protest against the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing…
