How do we handle the 2022 Beijing ‘Genocide Olympics’?

The Olympiad gives us leverage over China. Let’s use it. 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[That’s the topic of my new column](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRiUMNkP0TiaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMS8wNC8wNy9vcGluaW9uL2JlaWppbmctb2x5bXBpY3MtYm95Y290dC5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTQ1JmVtYz1lZGl0X25rXzIwMjEwNDA3Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTI4OTgyJm5sPW5pY2hvbGFzLWtyaXN0b2YmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTU1MTYyJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgpgZWQ-bmDhgXtXUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~). It’s reasonable to wonder: If baseball’s All-Star Game shouldn’t be played in Georgia because of that state’s voter suppression law, should the Olympics be held in the shadow of what some describe as genocide? But it’s also more complicated. China’s human rights abuses in Xinjiang probably qualify as “genocide” under the 1948 Genocide Convention, but not under many dictionary definitions. And the 1980 and 1984 Olympic boycotts, led first by the United States and then by Russia, were both essentially failures. My suggestion: Send athletes to Beijing, but officials and corporations should stay away. And I hope some athletes will seize the opportunity to send a message about values while in Beijing — such as outrage at crimes against humanity unfolding in Xinjiang. 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Now it turns out you also have to have your own private yacht, with a staff of three, to protect yourself from the 400 million guns? I’m not sure that’s scalable. [Continue reading the main story](#a11y-skip-2) ADVERTISEMENT ~/AAAAAQA~/RgRiUMNkP0RtaHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9NzI4Njk1JmxpPU5LJm09YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcmcD1OS18yMDIxMDQwN1cDbnl0QgpgZWQ-bmDhgXtXUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~ Are the Olympics Political? Of Course They Are. Olympic officials insist that the Games aren’t political. But of course the reason Xi Jinping wants to hold them in Beijing is to win legitimacy at home and abroad. The Games have always been political. The I.O.C. says that athletes should not wear clothing or make gestures that have any political content. But the most famous Olympic gestures were the Black power salutes in the 1968 Olympics by John Carlos and Tommie Smith, and after initially being denounced they have since been hailed as moral leaders and inducted into the Olympic Hall of Fame. Canada is debating an Olympic boycott, but what if its athletes instead agreed to wear buttons or shirts commemorating the “Two Michaels,” Canadian citizens whom China has effectively kidnapped and held hostage? The threat of that would alarm China and might do more to free the men than any boycott. 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