“A successful Beijing 2022, with hundreds of thousands of vaccinated, mask-free spectators packing stadiums, could serve as the ultimate proof of concept for China’s authoritarian political system, and Xi’s continued tight control over it.”
A coalition of 180 human rights organizations representing Tibetans, Uyghurs, Inner Mongolians, citizens of Hong Kong and others, issued an open letter this month calling for a boycott of the Games, in protest against China’s mass human rights abuses.
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