Hearing mulls 2022 Winter Olympic boycott over China human rights record cruxnow.com

A congressional panel, during a May 18 hearing, weighed the possibility of a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing to call attention to China’s long-standing human rights abuses.

Another tactic discussed was to find an alternate site to host the Winter Games. Sites floated included Salt Lake City; Vancouver, British Columbia; and Lake Placid, New York — the sites of the 2002, 2010 and 1980 Winter Games, respectively…

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