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After the Russian invasion of Ukraine in late February, The New York Times published a report alleging that China requested Russia to delay the invasion until after the Olympics to avoid damaging the Games' public image.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/02/us/politics/russia-ukraine-china.html</ref>
 
After the Russian invasion of Ukraine in late February, The New York Times published a report alleging that China requested Russia to delay the invasion until after the Olympics to avoid damaging the Games' public image.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/02/us/politics/russia-ukraine-china.html</ref>

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Event.png 2022 Winter Olympics (Sports Event) Rdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
Date2022
LocationBeijing,  China
Description24th Olympic Winter games

The 2022 Winter Olympics (2022年冬季奥林匹克运动会), officially called the XXIV Olympic Winter Games (Chinese: 第二十四届冬季奥林匹克运动会; pinyin: Dì Èrshísì Jiè Dōngjì Àolínpǐkè Yùndònghuì) and commonly known as Beijing 2022 (北京2022), was an international winter multi-sport event held from 4 to 20 February 2022 in Beijing, China, and surrounding areas with competition in selected events beginning 2 February 2022.[1] It was the 24th edition of the Winter Olympic Games.

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China asked Russia to delay the attack on Ukraine till Olympics were over - WION

Russia

After the Russian invasion of Ukraine in late February, The New York Times published a report alleging that China requested Russia to delay the invasion until after the Olympics to avoid damaging the Games' public image.[2]

Boycott calls

As with 2008, activists, human rights groups, and diplomats have made calls to boycott the Olympic Games when they are hosted by China. In the aftermath of the 2019 leak of the Xinjiang papers, the 2019–2020 Hong Kong protests, and the Uyghur genocide.[3]


Many thanks to our Patrons who cover ~2/3 of our hosting bill. Please join them if you can.



References