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Here’s How to Handle the ‘Genocide Olympics’ in Beijing

Should the United States and other democracies participate in a Winter Olympics hosted by a government that both the Trump and Biden administrations have said is engaged in genocide?

The debate over whether to boycott the 2022 Beijing Olympics is heating up, for the Games open next February. The Biden administration says it is not currently discussing a boycott with allies, but 180 human rights organizations have jointly suggested one, and there are also discussions in Canada and Europe about whether to attend.

Olympic officials and business leaders protest that the Games are nonpolitical, but that is disingenuous.