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US lawmakers ask US companies to withdraw from sponsoring the Beijing Winter Olympics, Zhao Lijian: a typical “American farce”|Beijing Winter Olympics|Xinjiang|USA_Sina News

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Original title: US lawmakers ask US companies to withdraw from sponsoring the Beijing Winter Olympics, Zhao Lijian: A typical “American farce”

  [环球时报驻美国特约记者 郑 可 王 逸]The US Congress and Administration China Committee (CECC) convened a video hearing on the 27th local time with 5 large US companies, and requested these US companies that sponsored the Beijing Winter Olympics to withdraw from their sponsorship on the grounds of “genocide” in Xinjiang. Transfer the Winter Olympics to other countries.” Faced with repeated questioning by US lawmakers, these business representatives refused to answer positively, saying that they have no right to decide where the Olympics will be held. “No matter where the athletes go to compete, we will support and follow them.” These “Tai Chi”-style statements made the US lawmakers irritated. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian said in response to related questions on the 28th that the speeches of these congressmen are full of arrogance, ignorance and lies. They are typical “American farce” and are destined to be unpopular and will not succeed.

The five American companies that were called were Coca-Cola, Intel, Airbnb, Visa, and Procter & Gamble. Agence France-Presse said on the 28th that the hearing was “full of gunpowder.” CECC chairman and Democratic congressman Merkley accused American companies of “helping Beijing reap rewards in terms of prestige and publicity.” CECC co-chair and Democratic Congressman McGovern declared, “If we can postpone the Tokyo Olympics for one year due to the new crown pneumonia epidemic, we can certainly postpone the Beijing Winter Olympics for one year due to a’genocide’.”

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CECC member and Republican Congressman Smith questioned the US executives who participated in the hearing, “whether the Beijing Winter Olympics should be relocated or postponed because of concerns about human rights violations.” Agence France-Presse stated that all representatives of the companies present refused to comment or stated that they were not responsible for the site selection. Coca-Cola Global Vice President Paul Raleigh said, “We will not make a decision on the host location. No matter where the athletes go to compete, we will support and follow them.” Visa Senior Vice President Fairchild said, “We are choosing a location. There is no responsibility for the issue.”

“Voice of America” ​​said that when it was Republican Congressman Cotton’s turn to ask questions, the hearing was once into a fierce confrontation. “This is the saddest and most humiliating hearing I have attended in my senator’s career. Each of you will not say anything that will make you lose a bit of your market share in mainland China.” Cotton said, ” I know very well that everyone in your presence was sent here, probably with instructions from the CEO or the board of directors, asking you not to mention a word about the Chinese Communist Party.” He asked the representative of the US company to answer a question: Do you agree with the US government? “Genocide” in Xinjiang, China? According to the report, representatives of Coca-Cola, Airbnb, Visa, and Procter & Gamble all refused to respond positively, saying that they respected the US government’s report but did not intervene. Only the Intel representative said that he believed in the report of the State Council on Xinjiang issues, but the company did not purchase from Xinjiang and worked hard to avoid forced labor, and sponsored the Beijing Winter Olympics “not to deny nor undermine our commitment to human rights.” “Voice of America” ​​stated that this was Cotton’s “only satisfactory answer.”

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Hong Kong’s “South China Morning Post” reported on the 28th that even though lawmakers from both parties kept questioning at the hearing, executives of five American companies still refused to respond to calls to condemn China’s actions in Xinjiang, Hong Kong and Tibet, and refused to say whether they would They support changing the venue for the Winter Olympics and refuse to state whether they are worried that China will retaliate for their remarks. “Voice of America” ​​said that Democratic Congressman Malinowski was surprised that he received only similar “Tai Chi” answers to his six-minute question during the previous Q&A period, saying, “This is really too much. People are shocked”.

Bloomberg said on the 28th that US lawmakers have pressured companies to cancel sponsorships for the Beijing Winter Olympics, which has added another point of pressure to tensions between the US and China. The Beijing Winter Olympics has become one of the focuses of the two parties’ parliamentarians. CECC is pushing for a bill that prohibits the United States from using government funds to send official delegations to the Beijing Winter Olympics, the so-called “diplomatic boycott,” and recently also asked the International Olympic Committee to postpone or relocate the Beijing Winter Olympics. According to the report, the spokesperson of the Chinese Embassy in Washington stated on the 27th that CECC is obsessed with fabricating various lies to discredit China and has no political integrity.

Zhao Lijian stated on the 28th that the so-called “genocide” in Xinjiang is a complete lie of the century concocted by a few anti-China forces. Individual anti-China lawmakers in the United States repeatedly hyped up relevant issues and put pressure on companies at the hearings. This sinister intention of using political conspiracy to kidnap business and control China with borders is clear. I believe that any rational and conscientious company, especially the American company that has made huge profits from China’s reform and opening up and development and progress over the past 40 years, will make a correct judgment.

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