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Panel recommends that US officials not go to China's 2022 Olympics

Michael Martina and Simon Lewis, Reuters
Posted at Apr 22 04:20 AM

President Joe Biden's administration signaled earlier this year that it had no plans to bar American athletes from participating in the Beijing Games.   Read more »

Michael Martinez raising funds for Winter Olympics campaign

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 11 09:46 PM

Figure skater Michael Christian Martinez, the first Filipino to compete in the Winter Olympics, is raising funds to aid his quest to qualify for the Beijing Games in 2022. Read more »

White House: US 'not discussing' 2022 Beijing Olympics boycott

Sebastian Smith and Rob Woollard in Los Angeles, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 08 03:50 AM

Concerns over a possible multi-country snub of the 2022 Olympic Games rose after a US State Department official said Tuesday that Washington wished to discuss such a move. Read more »

US considers joint boycott of 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics

Robert Delaney, South China Morning Post
Posted at Apr 07 12:50 PM

Calls have grown for the US to back out of the Games because of alleged human rights violations in China. US State Department spokesman Ned Price stressed the need to work with allies so that any step the US takes will have more influence on Beijing. Read more »

China looks to Winter Olympics as chance for rare soft power win amid COVID, rights concerns

Gabriel Crossley, Reuters
Posted at Feb 03 01:03 PM

The Winter Olympics, due to begin in one year, offer China a chance to show off its epidemic controls, dazzle with spectacle, and seize a publicity win on the world stage - but human rights concerns and COVID-19 uncertainty cast a cloud over the games. Read more »