[Epoch Times, January 28, 2022](The Epoch Times reporter Li Yun interviewed and reported) The countdown to the Beijing Winter Olympics has entered. The Chinese Winter Olympics sports delegation recently swore an oath in front of the Tiananmen Gate, shouting slogans such as “Repay the leader to go out” and other slogans, However, the party media deleted the relevant content when reporting, and the Youth Daily opened the skylight.
The live video shows that a large number of members of the Chinese sports delegation for the Beijing Winter Olympics, wearing thick winter clothes, swore loudly in Tiananmen Square: “For the sake of the motherland, I will live up to the people’s hard work, and repay the leaders by going all out…”
According to CCP media reports, more than 100 athletes and coaches from the Chinese sports delegation for the Beijing Winter Olympics came to Tiananmen Square at 7:00 a.m. on January 25 to watch the flag-raising ceremony and take the oath.
The report did not mention oaths such as “repaying the leader and going all out” and “following the general secretary to the future”. Some content was also deleted from the CCTV video.
The Youth Daily, an official newspaper affiliated to the Shanghai Municipal Committee of the Communist Youth League, directly opened the skylight when reporting the news.
However, the full video was circulated on various overseas social platforms, causing heated discussions among netizens:
“Oh my God, it’s becoming more and more like North Korea…” “I didn’t believe it at first, I thought it was a spoof, but I found it in the official media, and my jaw dropped…” “The oath of athletes from the host country of the Winter Olympics. “It doesn’t seem to have anything to do with the Olympic spirit.”
“North Korea will not use such vulgar words, how to fight hard, rushing, and repaying the leader’s sacrifice, … I almost vomit.” “I really don’t know whether it is going to participate in sports competitions or going to the battlefield to work hard…”” Holding a Winter Olympics is like a war, everything is bloody, and you are not confident in your naked performance.”
“Under the Chinese system, most professional athletes are still young people in their teens and twenties. It is difficult for them to have independent values and outlook on life.” “China (the Communist Party) itself emphasizes that the Olympics cannot be politicized, but it allows its athletes to To take such a political oath is a clear contradiction.”
In this regard, Li Yuanhua, a former professor at Capital Normal University, told The Epoch Times that this activity is to flatter the supreme leader, and the words and sentences used are all words from the Cultural Revolution.
Li Yuanhua said, “These oaths are written very inconspicuously, and I don’t know what to express. But the obvious purpose is to let the top leaders of the CCP know that sports officials have brought these people to show their loyalty.”
“But after I let everyone read it, I suddenly remembered the actions of those who held the red treasure book, danced the dance of loyalty, and carried the old three articles during the Cultural Revolution, so I was ridiculed by everyone.”
Li Yuanhua said that the “Youth Daily” opened the skylight and the CCTV video clipped the oath, probably because they felt that they could not do it. “Actually, the CCP itself is ashamed to mention its performance during that period. Today, in order to show their loyalty, these officials will not express their loyalty in other ways, so he took out the things he remembered when he was young or a teenager.”
“That’s why it makes people look ridiculous, mocking that history is going backwards. … The most important thing is that they are sports people participating in the Winter Olympics, and the Olympics have their own slogans and goals. That is the pursuit of higher self-esteem by athletes. A challenge to the limit, with sportsmanship.”
Li Yuanhua said, but the CCP’s practice shows no sportsmanship. It just uses sports as a political tool, as a brainwashing tool, and then as sports officials to show their loyalty to the top leaders.
Ning Jing, a freelance media person, also said, “The Olympic spirit is originally a time to show an athlete’s personality and personal ability, and a time to reflect personal value. It’s not that you have to win. The Olympics are fought as a war.”
Tranquility pointed out, “It treats a sporting event that was originally peaceful and friendly as a war and a battle. It asks athletes to rush and fight hard. Seeing that video makes people feel ridiculous and a little creepy. “
Responsible editor: Fang Xiao#