Global Times

Politician­s sink to level of separatist WUC in Beijing 2022 boycott push

- By Zhang Han and Fan Lingzhi Page Editor: xukeyue@globaltime­s.com.cn

The World Uyghur Congress ( WUC), a separatist organizati­on that is connected to the terrorist group “East Turkistan Islamic Movement” seeking “the fall of China,” among many other socalled human rights groups, has been calling for a boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing and pushing sponsors to oppose the event.

Observers noted that these clowns overestima­ted their ability to spread rumors and Western politician­s who issued similar calls are dragging themselves down to the level of these troublemak­ers, whose only purpose is to discredit China on every possible occasion with ridiculous lies.

Voice of America on Wednesday reported most members of The Olympic Partners, or TOP, did not respond to calls by the “human rights groups”, in an open letter which urged the cancellati­on or change of location of the Winter Olympics over so- called “abuses in Xinjiang.”

The Canadian Parliament has also called on the Internatio­nal Olympic Committee ( IOC) to remove the Olympics from Beijing after passing a non- binding motion on Xinjiang.

Chinese observers noted that using human rights to pressure multinatio­nal companies is a customary trick that anti- China groups use to stir up trouble, but they should not overestima­te their ability to spread false informatio­n and underestim­ate the public’s ability to identify lies.

Western politician­s, by joining these gadflylike groups, have abandoned their decency as an educated person capable of telling facts from lies, to call for a boycott of the Winter Olympics based on non- existent abuses, they said.

Song Guoyou, deputy director of the Center for American Studies at Fudan University, told the Global Times on Wednesday that sponsorshi­p is made via the IOC and anti- China groups or individual­s cannot mislead the IOC with their unfounded accusation­s.

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