{"id":1193834,"date":"2022-01-06T11:49:42","date_gmt":"2022-01-06T16:49:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1193834"},"modified":"2022-01-06T11:50:09","modified_gmt":"2022-01-06T16:50:09","slug":"xi-jinping-tours-genocide-olympics-venues-ignoring-massive-coronavirus-outbreak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/xi-jinping-tours-genocide-olympics-venues-ignoring-massive-coronavirus-outbreak\/","title":{"rendered":"Xi Jinping Tours Genocide Olympics Venues, Ignoring Massive Coronavirus Outbreak"},"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\">20<\/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%2Fxi-jinping-tours-genocide-olympics-venues-ignoring-massive-coronavirus-outbreak%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=1193834&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\"><span>Chinese dictator Xi Jinping paid a visit to the still-under-construction venues for the Beijing Winter Olympics on Tuesday, heedless of the massive coronavirus wave sweeping across China and forcing millions of ordinary citizens into <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/asia\/2022\/01\/04\/china-locks-down-another-major-city-worlds-busiest-port-genocide-olympics-loom\/\"><span>brutally strict lockdowns<\/span><\/a><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Human rights activists have <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/2021\/12\/07\/us-boycott-genocide-olympics-is-only-start\/\"><span>christened<\/span><\/a><span> the Beijing Winter Games the \u201cGenocide Olympics\u201d due to China\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/thediplomat.com\/2021\/12\/in-2022-the-world-must-hold-china-to-account-for-genocide\/\"><span>brutal oppression<\/span><\/a><span> of the Uyghur Muslims of Xinjiang province. Calls to cancel the Olympics have not been heeded so far, but the U.S., U.K., Australia, and Canada have declared a \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/news\/australia-joins-us-diplomatic-boycott-of-beijing-olympics-2\/\"><span>diplomatic boycott<\/span><\/a><span>\u201d of the event by refusing to send officials as VIP guests. The Chinese Communist Party is ruthlessly using its economic leverage to keep corporate sponsors of the Olympics in line and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/2021\/nov\/12\/winter-olympics-top-sponsors-silent-over-chinas-human-rights-record\"><span>stifle criticism<\/span><\/a><span> of the atrocities in Xinjiang.<\/span><\/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<div id=\"attachment_19214954\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/AP21074042029997.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19214954\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/AP21074042029997.jpg\" alt=\"Exile Tibetans use the Olympic Rings as a prop as they hold a street protest against the holding of 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing in Dharmsala, India, Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021. Five effigies represent Taiwan, Tibet, Hong Kong, Inner Mongolia and the region ethnic Uighurs call &#039;East Turkestan&#039;, under Chinese control. (AP Photo\/Ashwini Bhatia)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Exile Tibetans use the Olympic Rings as a prop as they hold a street protest against the holding of 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing in Dharmsala, India, Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021. Five effigies represent Taiwan, Tibet, Hong Kong, Inner Mongolia and the region ethnic Uighurs call \u2018East Turkestan\u2019, under Chinese control. (AP Photo\/Ashwini Bhatia)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>\u201cXi visited the National Speed Skating Oval, Main Media Center, Athletes\u2019 Village, Games-time Operations Command Center and a winter sports training base, learning about Games preparatory work as well as Chinese athletes\u2019 preparations for the Games,\u201d China\u2019s state-run <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/english.news.cn\/20220104\/1d508ee2c1654f7b94201f519a12f151\/c.html\"><span>Xinhua<\/span><\/a><span> news service reported.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19378050\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1237516352.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-19378050 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1237516352-1024x683-1.jpg\" alt=\"The National Speed Skating Oval, also known as the &#039;Ice Ribbon&#039;, the venue for speed skating events at the 2022 Winter Olympics, is seen in Beijing on January 3, 2022, a month before the opening of the games on February 4, 2022. (Photo by GREG BAKER \/ AFP) (Photo by GREG BAKER\/AFP via Getty Images)\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>The National Speed Skating Oval, also known as the \u2018Ice Ribbon\u2019, the venue for speed skating events at the 2022 Winter Olympics, is seen in Beijing on January 3, 2022, a month before the opening of the games on February 4, 2022. (Photo by GREG BAKER\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_19341658\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1237361622.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19341658\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1237361622.png\" alt=\"Reporters attend a media tour at the National Ski Jumping Centre, a venue for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games, in Zhangjiakou, China&#039;s northern Hebei province on December 21, 2021. (Photo by WANG Zhao \/ AFP) (Photo by WANG ZHAO\/AFP via Getty Images)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Reporters attend a media tour at the National Ski Jumping Centre, a venue for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games, in Zhangjiakou, China\u2019s northern Hebei province on December 21, 2021. (Photo by WANG ZHAO\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>\u201cXi also extended New Year greetings to athletes, coaches, volunteers and representatives of operation teams, media and scientific research staff,\u201d Xinhua added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Xinhua was amusingly meticulous about captioning every image from Xi\u2019s photo op with all of his many titles \u2013 for example, \u201cChinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, visits a winter sports training base in Beijing, capital of China, Jan. 4, 2022. Xi inspected the preparations for the 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games in Beijing on Tuesday.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In reality, Xi is an unelected despot who <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-asia-china-43361276\"><span>changed<\/span><\/a><span> the rules<\/span><span> of the Chinese presidency in 2018 so he could rule for life. His minions are currently <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.economist.com\/china\/2021\/11\/06\/xi-jinping-is-rewriting-history-to-justify-his-rule-for-years-to-come\"><span>rewriting<\/span><\/a><span> China\u2019s history books<\/span><span> to present him as an epochal leader alongside \u2013 or maybe even towering above \u2013 Chinese Communist Party founder Mao Zedong.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19337978\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1172491377-e1641217591946.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19337978\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1172491377-e1641217591946.jpg\" alt=\"BEIJING, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 30: Chinese President Xi jinping toasts the guests during a banquet marking the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People&#039;s Republic of China on September 30, 2019 in Beijing, China. (Naohiko Hatta - Pool\/Getty Images)\" width=\"936\" height=\"700\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Chinese President Xi Jinping toasts the guests during a banquet marking the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People\u2019s Republic of China on September 30, 2019 in Beijing, China. (Naohiko Hatta\/Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>Another <\/span><span>Xinhua dispatch<\/span><span> on Wednesday <a href=\"http:\/\/en.people.cn\/n3\/2022\/0105\/c90000-9941148.html\">hailed<\/a> Xi for encouraging China\u2019s athletes to achieve \u201cexcellence\u201d by dropping some poetry on them: \u201cOnly those who withstand the freezing cold could enjoy the fragrance of plum blossoms.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The news on Wednesday continued to be bleak from Xi\u2019an, the city of 11 million at the center of China\u2019s new coronavirus outbreak.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>A woman <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/2022\/01\/05\/china-covid-xian-lockdown-miscarriage\/\"><span>wrote<\/span><\/a><span> a post<\/span><span> on the Weibo microblogging site (China\u2019s version of Twitter) that said her pregnant aunt miscarried in agony after she was refused care at a Xi\u2019an hospital until her coronavirus test results came back. The tragic post garnered almost 6 million views, becoming a top trending topic on Weibo and prompting anguished phone calls to the Xi\u2019an hospital, before it was unceremoniously deleted by Communist Party censors.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The people of Xi\u2019an have grown increasingly bold in their criticism of the government\u2019s poorly-planned and heartless \u201czero Covid\u201d response. Other Weibo posts challenging official narratives and shredding all-is-well propaganda from the Communist Party have racked up thousands of views.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIn today\u2019s Xian, you can starve to death, can get sick and die, but you just cannot die of Covid,\u201d one Weibo commenter noted glumly.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chinese dictator Xi Jinping paid a visit to the still-under-construction venues for the Beijing Winter Olympics on Tuesday, heedless of the massive coronavirus wave sweeping across China and forcing millions &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":41,"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-1193834","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\/1193834","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\/41"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1193834"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1193834\/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=1193834"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1193834"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1193834"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}