24/11/2021
Beijing (AFP) – From Human Rights to Coronavirus, And now the controversy about Tennis Star Peng Shuai, Preparations for winter Olympic Games in February.
The Communist Party, however, He is determined to use the appointment as a showcase of his achievements and to help the world to join the pandemic.
The International Olympic Committee has praised the Chinese capital for being the first city to host summer games, in 2008, and winter.
But not all are beautiful words. A 70 Competition days, AFP checks some of the controversies.
Peng Shuai
A serious international concern for the former number one of tennis in double Peng Shuai was triggered after accusing a old communist leader of having sexually attacked her.
For more than two weeks nothing was known about the tennis player 35 years, Three times Olympic, And his accusations were censored in the Chinese Network. La him, The United States and Peng Tennis Companions shared their concern.
The Women's Tennis Association (WTA, by its acronym in English), that manages the female circuit, threatened to put an end to his lucrative business in China if the tennis player is guaranteed.
After, Peng appeared in several videos in state media and spoke by videoconference with the president of the IOC, Thomas Bach, ensuring that it was fine. Even so, The fears persist.
Xinjiang
Activists say at least one million uigures and other Turkish language groups, mostly Muslim minorities, They have been imprisoned in fields in the northwestern China region of Xinjiang.
Human Rights and Foreign Governments have indicated evidence of alleged mass arrests, hard labor, political indoctrination, Forced torture and sterilization.
Washington described the genocide situation and prohibited cotton from Xinjiang. President Joe Biden says he considers a diplomatic boycott of games.
Large fashion groups announced that they will stop using Xinjiang cotton for fear that it has been produced thanks to forced labor.
After denying the existence of these fields, China later defended them as vocational education centers to combat the call of radical extremism.
In response to boycott orders, China advierte repetidamente contra la "politización del deporte".
Tibet, Hong Kong
In addition to the Uigur issue, Human rights groups accuse Beijing of religious repression and limitation of rights in Tibet.
During the ignition ceremony of the Olympic flame in Greece, A handful of activists released a Tibetan flag.
Tibet has alternated throughout the centuries of independence with others of control from China, que dice haber "liberado pacíficamente" that resistant Altiplano in 1951 and have developed that region behind behind.
But numerous Tibetan exiles accuse the authorities of Beijing of religious repression, torture and erosion of their culture.
There is also international concern about Hong Kong repression, that China is remodeling in its image after the often violent protests 2019.
Coronavirus
The Coronavirus has marked the previous Beijing Games, that take place just six months after the summer games in Tokyo, Delayed one year by pandemic.
China has managed to limit domestic infections to small outbreaks through aggressive confinements and mass screenings, pero los organizadores de Pekín admitieron que proteger los Juegos del virus es su "mayor desafío".
Los Juegos de Invierno se celebrarán en un "circuito cerrado", A strict bubble that will isolate athletes from the rest of the world throughout the competition. Only people who live in China can go as a public.
Around 2.900 athletes must be completely vaccinated or submit to 21 Quarantine days upon arrival. So much they, like the press and other people inside the bubble, They must be tested every day.
The entrance to the Chinese capital has also been restricted.
© 2021 AFP
