Pompeo calls 'Olympics in Beijing' as inappropriate in lines of CCP's undemocratic policies
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Washington, Mar 9: Former US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo has deemed it 'completely inappropriate' to hold Olympics in Beijing, while the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is committing crimes against democracies around the world. Pompeo has tweeted that "The Olympics are an expression of freedom and athletic talent. To hold them in Beijing, while the CCP is committing crimes against democracies around the world, is completely inappropriate."
Beijing has been selected to host the 2022 Winter Olympics, making it the first city ever to host both Summer as well as the Winter Games. Pompeo, who is known to be a strident critic of China, said that the previous administration had tried in its final months to persuade the International Olympic Committee to move the Winter Games.
Pompeo has said on a media platform that "I hope that our athletes get a chance to participate in the Olympics. They very much deserve that." There have been growing calls for a boycott of the Beijing Winter Olympics, that is to be held in Feb next year. After Beijing imposed the national security law on Hong Kong in July last year, calls for a boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing began. Those boycott calls have increased as the criticism has intensified.
As part of its vote on the Xinjiang genocide, the Canadian parliament called for exploring and moving the Winter Olympics, a proposal that Beijing fiercely rejected. The Chinese govt also made it through the govt sponsored news channel Global Times and stated that China will 'seriously sanction' any country that boycotts the Beijing Olympics.