Experts Expect Olympic Athletes Will Continue ‘Self-Censoring’ to Keep Chinese Endorsement Deals

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Experts Expect Olympic Athletes Will Continue ‘Self-Censoring’ to Keep Chinese Endorsement Deals

Warner Todd Huston 6 Feb 2022

According to experts, the woke Olympic athletes who have all of a sudden been so silent in the face of real Chinese human rights abuses will likely remain silent after the games for fear of ruining their big-dollar endorsement deals sponsored by the Communist Party.

Human rights experts have no illusions that many of these athletes who have been silent about China’s human rights outrages won’t speak up even after the Olympics because of all the money flowing their way, Fox Business Network reported.

“For example, Airbnb, Alibaba Group, Allianz, Coca Cola, Samsung and more are all sponsors of Team USA and all conduct business in China. The companies are also part of the Olympic Partner Program, which is the ‘highest level of Olympic partnership,'” FBN noted.

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[DB]

Not watching.

For the first time in my life.

F' the Chinese.

[mountaineer]

[mountaineer]

Airbnb would be the company that just banned Michelle Malkin and her husband from ever using its services, because Airbnb didn't like her politics. No, thanks.

Meanwhile:

Dear Olympics Media: Please Spare Us Your Fawning over China's Digital Surveillance
Regarding the authoritarian country's central bank digital currency, you do not, under any circumstances, “gotta hand it to them.”
Andrea O'Sullivan | 2.8.2022 8:30 AM

The Olympics are here again! So soon? It's not your imagination: the 2020 games in Japan wrapped up in 2021 due to COVID postponement. And speaking of COVID, the 2022 games are in China. The Chinese Communist Party is certainly hoping to spiff up their image after these bruising past two years, and I don't just mean through the impressive spectacles during the festivities itself.

The CCP wants to dazzle the world with its sparkling digital panopticons, the crown jewel being its "central bank digital currency," or CBDC. China's government-controlled digital yuan, also called e-CNY, has been in the making for several years and will be "premiering globally" during the Olympics. The CCP is hoping that foreign journalists will marvel at the efficiency and speed of such a centralized payment system. Unfortunately, I expect much of the Western press to gobble it up.

It started happening well before the opening ceremony. One glowing preview in Fortune talks about how the digital yuan will "broaden financial inclusion and promote equitable growth." The author uncritically repeats the People's Bank of China's (PBOC) arguments that the government will be a better steward of user data than popular private payment apps WeChat Pay and Alipay. Without skipping a beat, he goes on to write that PBOC will collect "real-time data on the creation, bookkeeping, and circulation of money" to better help "set monetary policy." The conclusion: the digital yuan should "become a model" for other countries. ...

Alas, China has been a bit hoisted by its own petard. COVID-19 isolation rules are pouring cold water on the country's plans for a big digital yuan splash. Limiting the number of fans who can attend the games necessarily limits the number of people who can be exposed to the hottest innovations in Chinese spyware.

And it's not like the American government is unaware of the intentions here. Officials have warned athletes not to use the digital yuan because of the surveillance risk. ...

Full story at Reason magazine

[Kamaji]

#NotWatching

[Right_in_Virginia]

Could they also be a wee bit afraid of losing their passports and tickets home??   

[Fishrrman]

Thanks to mountaineer for that snazzy graphic of the Chinese figure skaters!

[mountaineer]

Thanks to mountaineer for that snazzy graphic of the Chinese figure skaters!