{"id":1279380,"date":"2022-02-07T12:28:54","date_gmt":"2022-02-07T17:28:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1279380"},"modified":"2022-02-07T17:38:17","modified_gmt":"2022-02-07T22:38:17","slug":"psaki-responds-to-china-sending-uyghur-muslim-to-light-olympic-cauldron-we-cant-allow-this-to-be-a-distraction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/psaki-responds-to-china-sending-uyghur-muslim-to-light-olympic-cauldron-we-cant-allow-this-to-be-a-distraction\/","title":{"rendered":"Psaki Responds To China Sending Uyghur Muslim To Light Olympic Cauldron: \u2018We Can\u2019t Allow This To Be A Distraction\u2019"},"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\">38<\/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%2Fpsaki-responds-to-china-sending-uyghur-muslim-to-light-olympic-cauldron-we-cant-allow-this-to-be-a-distraction%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=1279380&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Jen-Psaki-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said the U.S. must not allow China\u2019s inclusion of a Uyghur in the Olympics opening ceremony to distract from the ongoing massive abuse of human rights in the Communist-controlled country.<\/p>\n<p>Psaki was asked Monday about China\u2019s decision to include Olympic cross-country skier Dinigeer Yilamujiang, a Uygher, in the games\u2019 opening ceremony. China set up the stunt, having Yilamujiang carry the Olympic flame along with Han Chinese athlete Zhao Jiawen, over mounting criticism of rampant human rights abuse in its Xinjiang province.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe can\u2019t allow this to be a distraction from, exactly as you said, the human rights abuses, the genocide that we\u2019re seeing in parts of China,\u201d Psaki said. \u201cThat is why we did not send a diplomatic delegation even as we\u2019re cheering for our U.S. athletes. Diplomacy is complicated as we know, but we cannot allow it to be a distraction from what we know is happening to many people in China\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Psaki on China using a Uyghur to light the Olympic flame: &#8220;[W]e can&#8217;t allow this to be a distraction from\u2026the human rights abuses, the genocide that we&#8217;re seeing in parts of China. That is why we did not send a diplomatic delegation even as we&#8217;re cheering for our\u2026athletes&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kQrgrdDceT\">pic.twitter.com\/kQrgrdDceT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CurtisHouck\/status\/1490774484399403015?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 7, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The United States and numerous other countries, such as Canada and the United Kingdom, are using diplomatic boycotts of the 2022 Olympic Games to draw attention to China\u2019s human rights abuses. At the same time, U.S. officials such as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) are warning athletes to refrain from publicly criticizing China while on their territory.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo not risk incurring the anger of the Chinese government because they are ruthless,\u201d Pelosi <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/you-cannot-normalize-what-theyre-doing-in-china-al-sharpton-hits-back-at-pelosi-over-olympics-warning\">said<\/a> last week. \u201cNow the IOC, aided by corporate sponsors, once again turns a blind eye with the 2022 Winter Olympics just to bolster their bottom line.&nbsp;If we do not speak out against human rights violations in China, because of commercial interests, we lose all moral authority to speak out against human rights violations anywhere.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Yilamujiang disappeared from the public spotlight almost immediately after being the center of attention during the opening ceremony. She competed in her Olympic debut the day after the ceremony, taking 42nd in a field of 65 competitors in her event. Afterward, she and other Chinese athletes apparently skirted an area that International Olympic Committee (IOC) rules state athletes must walk through to give media a chance to interview them.<\/p>\n<p>Neither Yilamujiang nor three other Chinese athletes walked through the media area. According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/a-uyghur-skier-became-the-face-of-chinas-winter-olympics-the-next-day-she-vanished-from-the-spotlight-11644157693\">The Wall Street Journal<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>Afterward, Ms. Yilamujiang and the three other Chinese athletes competing in the event slipped away, leaving more than a dozen Chinese and foreign journalists waiting for more than an hour in frigid temperatures.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Ms. Yilamujiang\u2019s escape, if that\u2019s what it was, appeared to be in contravention of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/winter-beijing-olympics-2022-when-11643841235?mod=article_inline\">International Olympic Committee rules<\/a>&nbsp;that require all athletes to pass through a \u201cmixed zone\u201d where they can\u2014but aren\u2019t obliged to\u2014answer journalists\u2019 questions.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The IOC confirmed in an emailed response to questions that mixed-zone rules remain in place despite the pandemic, but it declined to comment on Ms. Yilamujiang\u2019s no-show. Ms. Yilamujiang couldn\u2019t be reached for comment through China\u2019s National Olympic Committee, which didn\u2019t reply to requests for comment.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said the U.S. must not allow China\u2019s inclusion of a Uyghur in the Olympics opening ceremony to distract from the ongoing massive abuse of &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"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-1279380","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\/1279380","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1279380"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1279380\/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=1279380"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1279380"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1279380"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}