According to a report on the official website of the International Olympic Committee on the 20th, the Olympic Tinder arrived at Beijing Capital International Airport at around 7 am local time on October 20th. The design of the tinder lamp carrying the Olympic flame is inspired by the Western Han Dynasty Changxin palace lanterns. At present, the fire has been transported to the Beijing Olympic Tower, and a welcome ceremony was held there.
According to the report, due to the CCP virus epidemic, the authorities decided to shorten the length and duration of the traditional relay route and reduce the number of torchbearers. The torch relay will only be held in Beijing, Yanqing, and Zhangjiakou from February 2 to 4 next year. It is estimated that 1,200 torchbearers will participate, and there will be additional parts such as fire display and network promotion.
The 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics will be held in February next year. The Chinese Communist Party has imposed strict restrictions on the epidemic prevention requirements of the Olympic Games. Specifically: 1. Tickets for the Winter Olympics are only sold to spectators in mainland China. 2. All participating athletes, officials, reporters and a large number of Olympic staff will be forced to eat, sleep, train, work, and compete in a closed environment from the day of arrival to the time of departure. 3. To enter this closed environment, you need to meet: complete the entire vaccination process 14 days before arriving in China, or conduct a 21-day separate isolation after arriving in Beijing. 4. All vaccines currently officially approved by the World Health Organization or relevant countries and regions will be recognized. 5. A dedicated transportation system will also be used in the closed loop, and all relevant personnel will be tested for nucleic acid every day.
Compared with the Summer Olympics just held in Tokyo, Japan, the Beijing Winter Olympics have stricter restrictions. The athletes, officials, journalists, etc. who went to Japan to compete in the first place were not required to be vaccinated against the Chinese Communist Party virus. All personnel only need to be quarantined for three days upon arrival. They are not strictly required to stay in the arena, but can contact the outside world. However, the contestants also conduct nucleic acid tests every day. Secondly, local staff in Tokyo do not need to be closed for management, but can go from home to the venue every day. In addition, Olympic athletes can move freely in the city 14 days after entering the country.
Regarding the measures introduced by the Beijing Winter Olympics, especially the “choose one” requirement for the implementation of the Chinese Communist virus vaccination, the New York Times commented that it was an “unprecedented step” because “there is no major sports league in the world that requires all Participants must be vaccinated before being allowed to participate in the competition, otherwise they will face an isolation period of several weeks during which they may not be able to train.”
One of the direct consequences of such stringent measures in Beijing is that athletes, officials and other related personnel who refuse to take the Chinese Communist virus vaccine will most likely choose to give up participating in the Winter Olympics in Beijing. For those foreign athletes and officials who have been vaccinated, living in a strictly closed environment may be less attractive to foreign athletes and officials. Some people cannot guarantee that they will not give up their Beijing trip.
The CCP has been accused of interfering in Hong Kong’s democracy and freedom and persecuting ethnic minorities in Xinjiang. Therefore, the Beijing Winter Olympics were boycotted by some Western countries. In May of this year, the Speaker of the US House of Representatives, Pelosi, said at a congressional hearing that heads of state from all over the world should avoid the Beijing Winter Olympics scheduled to be held in February next year. She said, “What I propose is a diplomatic boycott. Under this circumstance, the major countries in the world should refuse to attend the Beijing Winter Olympics. We should not appoint heads of state to China to participate in the Winter Olympics to honor the Chinese Communist government. Because the CCP At the time of the ongoing genocide, our head of state appeared at the Beijing Winter Olympics. This really makes people wonder, what moral authority does our country have to talk about human rights anywhere in the world?”
The European Parliament also passed a non-binding resolution by an overwhelming majority on July 8, urging officials of the European Union and member states not to attend the Beijing Winter Olympics. This resolution was supported by all mainstream political parties, including the center-right “European People’s Party” (EPP) and the centrist belonging to French President Emmanuel Macron. The parliamentarians called on EU institutions and member states to “decline government representatives and diplomats from attending the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics” unless the Chinese Communist government shows that the human rights situation in Hong Kong, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Tibet, Inner Mongolia and other parts of China can be verified. Improvement.
As Beijing took over the torch from Athens, two activists demonstrated in the Acropolis. They unfurled a snow-capped lion flag representing the Tibetan government in exile and a banner with the words “Recover Hong Kong, Revolution of the Times”. They also chanted “Free Tibet”, “Boycott Beijing 2022” and “No Freedom, No Olympics” and other slogans.
After the entire incident lasted about 10 minutes, the two were taken away by the police. In the statement of the “Free Tibet Student Movement”, 18-year-old Tibetan student Tsela Zoksang said: “It is time for the international community and all people with conscience to take their stand and boycott the 2022 Beijing Olympics, otherwise it will be Recognize China as a regime that carries out genocide.” Shao Lan, a Hong Kong activist in exile, pointed out: “The International Olympic Committee is sending a message to the world: it can be genocide in Hong Kong, Tibet, East Turkistan and Southern Mongolia. And turn a blind eye to crimes against humanity.”
The two were detained until released the next day.
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