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US Representatives Introduce Resolution to Rebid 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China

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Representatives Guy Reschenthaler (PA-14), Michael Waltz (FL-6), and John Katko (NY-24) have introduced a resolution urging the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to rebid the 2022 Winter Olympics hosted in Beijing, China. The legislation also calls for the United States to lead an international boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympic Games if they are not moved. The move is in response to the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) egregious human rights violations, including genocide against Muslim Uyghurs in Xinjiang.

Key Takeaways:

  • The resolution, introduced by Representatives Reschenthaler, Waltz, and Katko, urges the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to rebid the 2022 Winter Olympics hosted in Beijing, China.
  • If the Games are not moved, the legislation calls for the United States to lead an international boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympic Games.
  • The move is in response to the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) egregious human rights violations, including genocide against Muslim Uyghurs in Xinjiang.
  • Since the U.S. Department of State determined the Government of China, under the direction and control of the CCP, is committing genocide and crimes against humanity against the Muslim Uyghurs and other members of ethnic and religious minority groups in Xinjiang.
  • The CCP has detained and persecuted approximately 1.8 million Turkic Muslims, including ethnic Uyghurs, Kazakhs, and Kyrgyz, in "political re-education" centers.
  • Muslim minorities are held in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region without due process and coerced into disavowing their religious beliefs.
  • Women in Xinjiang face even harsher treatment as the CCP attempts to eliminate minority peoples through forced abortion and sterilization.

Statistics:

  • Some 1.8 million Turkic Muslims, including ethnic Uyghurs, Kazakhs, and Kyrgyz, have been detained and persecuted in "political re-education" centers.
  • The CCP has forced men, women, and children into concentration camps, and tried to in effect re-educate them to be adherents to the Chinese Communist Party.

Sources:

  • United States House of Representatives
  • Congressman Guy Reschenthaler (PA-14)
  • Michael Waltz (FL-6)
  • John Katko (NY-24)
  • U.S. Department of State
  • Secretary of State Antony Blinken
  • The Washington Post editorial board
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