{"id":1047883,"date":"2021-11-23T10:58:36","date_gmt":"2021-11-23T15:58:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1047883"},"modified":"2021-11-23T10:58:40","modified_gmt":"2021-11-23T15:58:40","slug":"china-joe-bidens-possible-diplomatic-non-boycott-of-olympics-no-big-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/china-joe-bidens-possible-diplomatic-non-boycott-of-olympics-no-big-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"China: Joe Biden&#039;s Possible Diplomatic Non-Boycott of Olympics &#039;No Big Deal&#039;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fchina-joe-bidens-possible-diplomatic-non-boycott-of-olympics-no-big-deal%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1047883&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">China\u2019s government-controlled propaganda newspaper&nbsp;<em>Global Times<\/em> proclaimed a potential \u201cdiplomatic\u201d boycott of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics \u201cno big deal\u201d on Monday given that it would not result in any athletes not participating.<\/p>\n<p>China is set to host the Winter Olympics in February despite currently engaging in a long list of human rights atrocities, including genocide. Human rights activists have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/asia\/2021\/02\/04\/human-rights-activists-urge-biden-join-boycott-2022-beijing-olympics\/\">campaigned<\/a> for months to urge nations \u2013 and commercial <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/asia\/2021\/11\/12\/human-rights-watch-olympics-sponsors-must-pressure-china-stop-atrocities\/\">sponsors<\/a> \u2013 to boycott the Olympic Games, but not a single country nor corporation has agreed to do so at press time.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>The International Olympic Committee (IOC) itself has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/10\/13\/olympics-vp-gives-china-free-pass-no-human-rights-challenge-ahead-of-beijing-winter-games\/\">refused<\/a> to raise human rights issues with the Chinese Communist Party and actively <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/asia\/2021\/11\/22\/olympics-organizers-defend-china-with-undated-image-of-missing-tennis-star-peng-shuai\/\">defended<\/a> China against accusations of human rights violations, specifically against athletes.<\/p>\n<p>President Joe Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/11\/18\/joe-biden-united-states-considering-diplomatic-boycott-of-2022-winter-olympics-in-china\/\">told<\/a> reporters last week that a \u201cdiplomatic\u201d boycott of the Olympics \u2013 which would not be a boycott but would result in American politicians not attending the Games \u2013 was \u201csomething we are considering\u201d as an administration. Biden has support from Republicans such as Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), who has expressed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/clips\/2021\/11\/21\/cruz-i-hope-u-s-athletes-kick-their-commie-asses-at-beijing-olympics\/\">enthusiasm<\/a> at the idea of Americans engaging in the Beijing Olympics.<\/p>\n<p>Following Biden\u2019s comments, reports have surfaced that other nations allied to the United States, including Canada and Australia, may also participate in the Games but abstain from sending government representation.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Beijing is currently experiencing a severe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/asia\/2021\/11\/02\/coronavirus-panic-spreads-in-beijing-three-months-before-olympics\/\">outbreak<\/a> of Chinese coronavirus \u2013 a disease that originated in Wuhan, China \u2013 that has also compromised China\u2019s ability to host the Olympics and would result in countries sending fewer politicians to attend, anyway.<\/p>\n<p>The&nbsp;<em>Global Times<\/em>, often among China\u2019s most belligerent English-language government media outlets, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globaltimes.cn\/page\/202111\/1239624.shtml\">dismissed<\/a> a potential diplomatic \u201cboycott\u201d by the Five Eyes intelligence group \u2013 America,&nbsp;Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom, and New Zealand \u2013 as \u201cno big deal\u201d on Monday, citing Chinese regime-approved \u201cexperts.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_18870370\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"37\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-1236332316.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-18870370\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-1236332316-1024x667-1.jpg\" alt width=\"990\" height=\"645\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Activists rally in front of the Chinese Consulate in Los Angeles, California on November 3, 2021, calling for a boycott of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics due to concerns over China\u2019s human rights record. (FREDERIC J. BROWN\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201c[E]xperts said that a boycott by the Five Eyes Alliance will be \u2018no big deal\u2019 for hosting such a highly anticipated event, not to mention spoiling the heated vibes of the Games,\u201d the <em>Global Times<\/em> reported. \u201cThey added that these countries will also face strong pressure from their own players, who have prepared hard and waited for four years for this opportunity but would likely be blocked by their own countries\u2019 playing of geopolitics.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEspecially with the newly adopted Olympic motto, the IOC wants to stress the unity of the world instead of ideological biases,\u201d one of those \u201cexperts,\u201d a professor identified as Zhao Jisheng of Beijing Normal University, told the propaganda outlet.<br \/>In a separate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globaltimes.cn\/page\/202111\/1239618.shtml\">article<\/a> on Monday, the&nbsp;<em>Global Times<\/em> warned the Communist Party that it would \u201close if it cares about\u201d a diplomatic \u201cboycott.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cChina used to care about maintaining a harmonious atmosphere with the West and the way being regarded by the rest of the world, particularly by the West. This needs to be changed,\u201d the <em>Global Times<\/em> advised. \u201cWith the rise of China as a major power and the weakened hegemony of the U.S., Western superiority has been shaken, creating a strong and unprecedented resistance to China.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The solution to the diplomatic \u201cboycott,\u201d if it even occurs, is to turn China into a military hegemon, the&nbsp;<em>Global Times<\/em> declared.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWe need to grow strong in national defense so that the U.S. and its main allies will treat China with awe. Once they are impulsive to counter China, they can only use rhetoric but dare not take real action,\u201d the state newspaper asserted. \u201cAs time goes by, they will eventually accept peaceful coexistence with China.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Also a potential solution, it added, is the fact that American elites depend heavily on China for their wealth.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWithin themselves, the US and the West will debate which comes first \u2013 values or economic interests. They are hooked by their own lies, and play double-face without dignity,\u201d the outlet wrote.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B4\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThe elites of the US and other Western countries do not matter much whether they are envious, jealous, hateful, fearful or angry. It\u2019s not worthy for China to spend energy and resources to care about their emotions and attitudes and even attempt to reverse their negative thoughts toward China,\u201d the&nbsp;<em>Global Times<\/em> concluded.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"video-src-attr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/author\/matt-perdie\/\">Matt Perdie<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Over the weekend, the&nbsp;<em>Global Times<\/em> mocked the idea of a diplomatic \u201cboycott\u201d as a benefit to the Olympics, as it would draw more attention to athletes and result in fewer, presumably undesirable, politicians at the event.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStrictly speaking, a boycott of the Olympic Games means banning all of its country\u2019s athletes from participation,\u201d the&nbsp;<em>Global Times<\/em>&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/asia\/2021\/11\/22\/china-mocks-joe-biden-for-mulling-fake-diplomatic-boycott-of-genocide-olympics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">observed<\/a>&nbsp;in an editorial. \u201c\u2018Diplomatic boycott\u2019 is a roughly man-made new concept by Western politicians, meaning no ban on athletes, but government officials would not attend.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWouldn\u2019t we still call the event the Olympic Games even if leaders of a few countries won\u2019t show up? Was the Games ever designed as a show for government officials?\u201d the editorial asked.<\/p>\n<p>The Chinese Foreign Ministry, a more official mouthpiece for the communist regime, addressed the potential diplomatic \u201cboycott\u201d on Monday, accusing those considering the move of hurting the athletes who trained to participate in the Games.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChina has reiterated many times that the Beijing Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games is a stage for all winter sports athletes around the world. It is them that should be in the spotlight,\u201d Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian, who originated the unsubstantiated conspiracy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/national-security\/2020\/03\/16\/china-accuses-u-s-army-lab-of-manufacturing-the-coronavirus\/\">theory<\/a> that the Chinese coronavirus originated in Maryland, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fmprc.gov.cn\/mfa_eng\/xwfw_665399\/s2510_665401\/2511_665403\/t1919525.shtml\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChina firmly opposes politicization of sports and all acts and words that violate the spirit of the Olympic Charter.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_18870386\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"37\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-1233604339.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-18870386\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-1233604339-1024x657-1.jpg\" alt width=\"990\" height=\"635\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Activists including members of the local Hong Kong, Tibetan and Uyghur communities hold up banners and placards in Melbourne on June 23, 2021, calling on the Australian government to boycott the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics over China\u2019s human rights record. ( WILLIAM WEST\/AFP via Getty)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Such hyping-up would only undermine the interests of athletes from different countries.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>China does appear to care in some capacity about having politicians at the games, as dictator Xi Jinping invited his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/asia\/2021\/11\/19\/china-invites-vladimir-putin-but-not-joe-biden-to-beijing-winter-olympics\/\">attend<\/a> this weekend. The Kremlin stated that it had not yet finalized travel plans, implying that Putin had accepted the invitation.<\/p>\n<p>Russia is the only country to speak out at press time against a diplomatic \u201cboycott.\u201d The most senior senator in Russia\u2019s Duma, Valentina Matviyenko, called any attempt to boycott the Olympics \u201cunacceptable\u201d on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is especially sad to hear the rhetoric of confrontation from colleagues in the parliamentary community,\u201d Matviyenko protested, according to the Chinese government news agency Xinhua. \u201cSuch statements contradict the spirit of parliamentarism and the Olympic principles.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>China\u2019s government-controlled propaganda newspaper\u00a0Global Times proclaimed a potential \u201cdiplomatic\u201d boycott of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics \u201cno big deal\u201d on Monday given that it would not result in any athletes &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1047883","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1047883","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1047883"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1047883\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1047883"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1047883"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1047883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}