https://sputnikglobe.com/20211120/political-rubbish-chinese-media-blasts-us-senator-cotton-for-calls-to-boycott-beijing-olympics-1090877295.html
'Political Rubbish': Chinese Media Blasts US Senator Cotton for Calls to Boycott Beijing Olympics
'Political Rubbish': Chinese Media Blasts US Senator Cotton for Calls to Boycott Beijing Olympics
Sputnik International
The American lawmaker said that the safety and security of the athletes can't be ensured, and also slammed "China's crimes against the world", urging for a... 20.11.2021, Sputnik International
2021-11-20T06:31+0000
2021-11-20T06:31+0000
2021-11-20T06:31+0000
2022 winter olympics
us
asia
china
tom cotton
boycott
https://cdn1.img.sputnikglobe.com/img/07e5/07/0f/1083393574_0:0:3073:1728_1920x0_80_0_0_1719897c73c44eb8a27b5853e4db7b6f.jpg
The Chinese media has lashed out at Tom Cotton after the Arkansas Senator criticised Beijing and urged the US not to participate in the upcoming winter Olympics. Hu Xijin, editor-in-chief of the state-run Global Times slammed the lawmaker, calling him "rubbish" and expressing hope that other senators are not like him.Cotton made the statement amid an uncertain situation regarding the Olympics, as Joe Biden said he is considering the possibility of a diplomatic boycott. Some politicians, including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT), who was in charge of the 2002 Winter Olympics, voiced their support for the step. At the same time, the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee opposed calls to boycott the games.The idea of boycotting the event has been fuelled by alleged human rights abuses, as the US, Britain, and other countries previously accused Beijing of repressing Uyghur Muslims in the region of Xinjiang and establishing prison-like camps for the minority. China, however, denied those claims, saying the allegations are nothing but "lies and disinformation", and noting that the so-called re-education camps in Xinjiang are training centres, established to combat regional extremism.
china
Sputnik International
feedback@sputniknews.com
+74956456601
MIA „Rossiya Segodnya“
2021
Evgeny Mikhaylov
https://cdn1.img.sputnikglobe.com/img/07e4/09/07/1080390164_0:0:1440:1440_100x100_80_0_0_46c187f2ab0908f86849a7d09a7def57.jpg
Evgeny Mikhaylov
https://cdn1.img.sputnikglobe.com/img/07e4/09/07/1080390164_0:0:1440:1440_100x100_80_0_0_46c187f2ab0908f86849a7d09a7def57.jpg
News
en_EN
Sputnik International
feedback@sputniknews.com
+74956456601
MIA „Rossiya Segodnya“
Sputnik International
feedback@sputniknews.com
+74956456601
MIA „Rossiya Segodnya“
Evgeny Mikhaylov
https://cdn1.img.sputnikglobe.com/img/07e4/09/07/1080390164_0:0:1440:1440_100x100_80_0_0_46c187f2ab0908f86849a7d09a7def57.jpg
2022 winter olympics, us, china, tom cotton, boycott
2022 winter olympics, us, china, tom cotton, boycott
'Political Rubbish': Chinese Media Blasts US Senator Cotton for Calls to Boycott Beijing Olympics
The American lawmaker said that the safety and security of the athletes can't be ensured, and also slammed "China's crimes against the world", urging for a total boycott of "genocide Olympics".
The Chinese media has lashed out at Tom Cotton after the Arkansas Senator criticised Beijing and urged the US not to participate in the upcoming winter Olympics. Hu Xijin, editor-in-chief of the state-run Global Times slammed the lawmaker, calling him "rubbish" and expressing hope that other senators are not like him.
Cotton made the statement amid an uncertain situation regarding the Olympics, as Joe Biden said he is considering the possibility of a
diplomatic boycott. Some politicians, including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT), who was in charge of the 2002 Winter Olympics, voiced their support for the step. At the same time, the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee opposed calls to boycott the games.
The idea of boycotting the event has been fuelled by alleged human rights abuses, as the US, Britain, and other countries previously accused Beijing of repressing
Uyghur Muslims in the region of Xinjiang and establishing prison-like camps for the minority.
China, however, denied those claims, saying the allegations are nothing but "lies and disinformation", and noting that the so-called re-education camps in Xinjiang are training centres, established to combat regional extremism.
