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[Nan Yang]

U.S. NEWS

JAN. 13, 2022 / 4:57 AM
U.S. lawmakers want proof Olympic uniforms not made with Xinjiang forced labor
By Thomas Maresca

U.S. lawmakers are asking the International Olympic Committee to prove that uniforms for the upcoming Beijing Winter Games were not made with forced labor in Xinjiang Province. File Photo by Roman Pilipey/EPA-EFE

The United States and other countries including Britain, Australia and Canada, are conducting a diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Olympics over China's human rights abuses in Xinjiang and elsewhere. Photo by Wu Hong/EPA-EFE

Jan. 13 (UPI) -- A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers is asking the International Olympic Committee for answers about uniforms for the upcoming Beijing Winter Games made with cotton from Xinjiang Province, where China is accused of widespread human rights abuses.

The Congressional-Executive Commission on China sent a letter Wednesday to IOC President Thomas Bach seeking clarification on the group's contracts with a pair of manufacturers, Anta Sports and Hengyuanxiang Group, which have stated publicly that they source cotton from Xinjiang.

Cotton produced in Xinjiang is "synonymous with forced labor and the systematic repression that takes place there," the CECC letter said.

"There is a worrisome possibility that IOC personnel or others attending the 2022 Olympic Games will be wearing clothing contaminated by forced labor," it continued.

Researchers say that at least 1 million predominantly Muslim Uyghurs have been held in re-education camps in Xinjiang Province, and have been subject to abuses that include torture, forced labor and forced sterilization. China denies all allegations.

In December, U.S. President Joe Biden signed the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act into law, banning imports from Xinjiang unless suppliers are able to prove "by clear and convincing evidence" that the products are not made with forced labor.

The United States also announced last month that it would not send diplomatic or official representation to the Beijing Olympics over what White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki called China's "ongoing genocide and crimes against humanity in Xinjiang and other human rights abuses."

Wednesday's letter was sent by commission chairman Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., and co-chairman Rep. James P. McGovern, D-Mass., and was signed by Rep. Christopher Smith, R-N.J.

"As a starting point to fulfilling its commitment to uphold and respect human rights, and in line with the preservation of human dignity enshrined in the Olympic Charter, the IOC must uphold and respect the human rights of those who made the uniforms on their backs," the letter said.

The 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics are set to run from Feb. 4 to 20.


LOL What will US neo-con politicians force their athletes do next. Strip them off ? Then what will they wear ?

 

[OIO]

Hiding behind West isn't going to clean the ugly atrocities China is commiting

You and the West actually have the same attitude towards others.

 

[fisher1]

You and the West actually have the same attitude towards others.

I don't even like West LOL, sick of their LGBT crap.

But you are right. I agree with west on Chinese treatment of Muslims

 

[beijingwalker]

Too bad the Uighurs whose land upon these are built don't get to enjoy it

They enjoy their lives much better than you do, free education, free school meals, free health care, free housing for poor families, every household owns private cars.... all world top class infrastructure , facilities , public transportation availble for everyone to enjoy in the cities, towns, villages, a life you can only dream of.

 

[beijingwalker]

2022, January, Winter night, Urumqi city, Xinjiang, China
So called mass concentration camp in Xinjiang by western media, how would this city compare with US cities where homeless people sleep everywhere, criminals and drug addicts lurk around in the dark city streets.

 

[fisher1]

They enjoy their lives much better than you do

Dude, why won't you admit to the concentration camps. Your government literally has admitted to the existence of such a camp. Do the wumaos not get the memo?

I mean seriously, cut off the face mask and talk like a real person. Everyone knows Uighurs aren't enjoying any of this infrastructure. The question is what kind of treatment they are getting inside those concentration camps.

This is literally what your government says

Education enrollments in Xinjiang reach highest level in history: white paper - Xinhua | English.news.cn

www.xinhuanet.com

 

[Stranagor]

Uyghur girl goes to northern Xinjiang Altay region for winter fishing festival, it's freezing cold but tourists still swarmed in for this festival, the first fish caught in this festival fetched 48,8888 yuan, ( $6,7000USD) in the auction.

Xinjiang is a favorate travel destination for RV people.

 

[beijingwalker]

Dude, why won't you admit to the concentration camps. Your government literally has admitted to the existence of such a camp. Do the wumaos not get the memo?

I mean seriously, cut off the face mask and talk like a real person. Everyone knows Uighurs aren't enjoying any of this infrastructure. The question is what kind of treatment they are getting inside those concentration camps.

This is literally what your government says

Education enrollments in Xinjiang reach highest level in history: white paper - Xinhua | English.news.cn

www.xinhuanet.com

Your western propaganda doesn't cut ice in Xinjiang, the locals love their life now, and your claim that to Uighurs Afghanistan and Kashmir are like heavens, LOL, this is so ridiculous, do you really believe your own claim of this...?

 

[fisher1]

the locals love their life now

Strange that we don't see the locals show us how they enjoy that life and any outsider isn't allowed with camera to film this happiness all around in Urumqi and Kashgar.

The only source that shows us this happiness is CCP with their pathetic propaganda videos

 

[beijingwalker]

Strange that we don't see the locals

Only blind people won't see, there are tons of videos on youtube, all packed with locals in XInjiang, are you really blind?

Where people "concentrate" in Uyghur city Kashgar in Xinjiang

Kashgar Old Town Night Market Xinjiang，Night Walk 4K. Oct 22, 2020 . So many people, Aren't they supposed to be in camps?

 

[beijingwalker]

Afghanistan and Kashmir would be heaven for Uighurs, of course they want it

Xinjiang's GDP per capita could be over $10,000 last year, very close to developed country's level, how about your "heaven" Aghanistan and Kashmir?

 

[fisher1]

Xinjiang's GDP per capita could be over $10,000 last year, very close to developed country's level, how about your "heaven" Aghanistan and Kashmir?

doesn't benefit Uighurs. That only benefits the racist Hans who are doing an ethnic cleansing and suppression of every other ethnicity

 

[beijingwalker]

doesn't benefit Uighurs. That only benefits the racist Hans who are doing an ethnic cleansing and suppression of every other ethnicity

Did you see the videos? you can see most who get the benefits from the government are Uighurs, you pretend to be blind again, don't you? besides, you claim that Afghanistan and Kashmir are like heaven for Uyghurs and Uyghurs love those heavens, assume if China and Afhanistan open their borders, how many Uyghur do you think will cross the border to move to Aghanistan and how many Afghanis, who, living in the heaven as you claimed, will cross into Xinjiang? a per capita GDP $500 Vs $10,000 's question.

 

[fisher1]

Did you see the videos? you can see most who get the benefits from the government are Uighurs, you pretend to be blind again, don't you? besides, you claim that Afghanistan and Kashmir are like heaven for Uyghurs and Uyghurs love those heavens, assume if China and Afhanistan open their borders, how many Uyghur do you think will cross the border to move to Aghanistan and how many Afghanis, who, living in the heaven as you claimed, will cross into Xinjiang? a per capita GDP $500 Vs $10,000 's question.

easy now, you seem like you want me to put into a concentration camp now, lure my family in and then start harvesting all of our organs

None of your videos show any mosques or anything about Islam which is what Urumqi and Kashgar are famous for.

 

[beijingwalker]

easy now, you seem like you want me to put into a concentration camp now, lure my family in and then start harvesting all of our organs

None of your videos show any mosques or anything about Islam which is what Urumqi and Kashgar are famous for.

lOl, organs? tell me one thing, why Afghani kids, who live in the heavens as you claimed, come to Xinjiang, a hell, for medical help and not the otherway around?

Afghan children receive free heart surgery in China

Afghan children receive free heart surgery in China Afghan children with congenital heart disease (CHD) receive free treatment in China's Xinjiang province. It was a project sponsored by the B&R Fraternity Fund, which aims to help children with heart disease in Afghanistan.

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