Wei Jingsheng Foundation News and Article: A1437-W1037

魏京生基金会新闻与文章发布号：A1437-W1037

Release Date: December 10, 2021

发布日：2021年12月10日

Topic: U.S. Takes the Lead in Boycotting the Beijing 2022 Olympics -- Wei Jingsheng

标题：美国带头抵制2022北京奥运会 -- 魏京生

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U.S. Takes the Lead in Boycotting the Beijing 2022 Olympics

-- Wei Jingsheng

The White House officially announced a diplomatic boycott of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics. Everyone applauded, while the regime in Beijing acted as if its parents had died. Despite that there has long been news that the United States would boycott it, the implementation still made the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in Beijing frantic. Although this is good news, everyone should not yet breathe a sigh of relief and must continue to work hard because there are still many countries and human rights organizations with unclear attitudes, thus the CCP will continue to lay maggots. We don't want take it lightly.

In addition to the Chinese Communist Party's strong opposition, there are two other kinds of critical voices. One says that the diplomatic sanctions are not strong enough and should be more comprehensive. Apart from the anti-communist Chinese who hold this opinion, there are some members of the U.S. Congress who are concerned about human rights in China and think this way as well. There is also a criticism that diplomatic sanctions are useless, as they cannot change the CCP’s behavior, and will arouse the anger of the Chinese people, and so on.

Is it really useless? If it's really useless, why is the CCP so furious? One can deduce information that one can't see directly oneself from one’s opponents’ reactions. This is an experience of confrontational sports and an important observation angle for politicians as well. Why? Because everyone's viewing angle and time are limited, using the other's reactions can greatly increase the amount of information. In other words, the amount of information is doubled in the same angle and same amount of time. The reaction of the CCP proves that these sanctions are useful, not useless.

Why is it useful? That is because the CCP spent a lot of money to pay for bribes to get this opportunity to host this Olympics Games, not because it likes sports, but to expand its international influence and resolve diplomatic dilemmas. This is just what the CCP needs, instead of the icing on the cake hobby of the foreign countries. Everyone in China knows the virtues of the CCP, and there is even a joke that even when the CCP farts, it must consider the aftermath it causes. Such a big matter of the Olympics Games is not for political interest and influence, but only for hobbies? Only foreigners can be so boring and ignorant, while the Chinese know that this does not fit the character of the CCP.

I remember that before the last Beijing Olympics in 2008, the Overseas Chinese Democracy Coalition took the lead in the boycott and persuaded various human rights organizations to boycott them as well. Under the pressure of strong public opinion, President George W. Bush met with Chinese democracy activists and representatives of Xinjiang at the White House before going to Beijing to attend the opening ceremony. He put down his crossed legs and solemnly said to me: I know what you will say, but you have to understand my dilemma as well, and so on.

I knew that I should make compromises with my friends, so I put forward a relatively low requirement to President Bush: to talk about human rights issues in China, and to talk about it in such a way that the Chinese people can hear it, instead of speaking to the air on a stage arranged by the CCP. He immediately agreed and promised to let me and the Chinese people hear it. Later, he stopped in Bangkok, Thailand on the way to Beijing, and held a press conference to strongly criticize human rights abuses in China, which made Jiang Zemin very embarrassed. The CCP’s attempt to use the Olympics to expand its national influence has suffered some degree of setback. That time we and our enemy were tied.

The resistance this time exceeds the previous time. Yet Xi Jinping cliques’ need also exceeds the previous time. Now, their current setbacks are greater than the last time. How can it be said to be useless? Moreover, Xi Jinping’s wolf warrior diplomacy has aroused strong resentment and opposition from the Americans and Western people. Xi Jinping needs a diplomatic achievement even more than Jiang Zemin did that is good enough to explain to the CCP. This huge setback is making Xi Jinping’s situation even worse.

This also proves to the Chinese people and the elites within the CCP that the authoritarian regime that goes against the trend of history and the wolf warrior diplomacy of Emperor Xi are already like the rats crossing the street – with everyone shouting to beat these rats. Money diplomacy is not a panacea. Money and beauties can buy politicians and elites, but they cannot buy all the Western people.

It also shows that under the lobbying of the CCP that takes and spreads Chinese people's money, the Biden administration is enduring huge internal forces, and is not omnipotent. As the Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi estimated at a congressional hearing a few months ago, the end result can only be a diplomatic boycott. As the White House officials said, this result was made under tremendous pressure.

The European and Japanese governments, which have not yet made a decision, which needs us to continue and make persistent efforts to achieve the best results we expect, and to oppress Xi Jinping to change his perverse domestic and foreign policies. To unreasonable hooligans, compromise is useless, but police-style oppression would be effective.

(This English version is translated by Ciping HUANG, without any compensation. Wei Jingsheng and the Wei Jingsheng Foundation appreciate her decades of contribution, especially for allowing the use and distribution of her translations of these commentaries.)

Original link of the commentary broadcasted by Radio Free Asia:

https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/pinglun/weijingsheng/wjs-12082021120413.html

To hear Mr. Wei Jingsheng's related commentary, please visit:

http://www.weijingsheng.org/RFA/RFA2021/WeiJS211207onUSboycott2022BeijingOlympics.mp3

To view this commentary with photos of Wei Jingsheng’s worldwide protests against Beijing 2008 Olympics, please visit:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TheiBb4vsDs

(Written and recorded on December 7, 2021. Broadcasted by Radio Free Asia on December 8, 2021.)

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Wei Jingsheng Foundation News and Article: A1437-W1037

魏京生基金会新闻与文章发布号：A1437-W1037

Release Date: December 10, 2021

发布日：2021年12月10日

Topic: U.S. Takes the Lead in Boycotting the Beijing 2022 Olympics -- Wei Jingsheng

标题：美国带头抵制2022北京奥运会 -- 魏京生

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美国带头抵制2022北京奥运会

-- 魏京生

白宫正式宣布外交抵制北京冬季奥运会。大家一片叫好，北京如丧考妣。虽然是早有消息美国要抵制，但落实下来还是让北京的共产党手忙脚乱。虽然是好消息，但大家还不能松一口气，还要继续努力。因为还有很多国家和人权组织态度不明，共产党还会继续下蛆。大家不可掉以轻心。

除了中共跳着脚反对之外，还有两种批评的声音。一种说制裁的力度不够，应该全面制裁。持这种意见的除了反共的华人之外，就是美国国会里的一些关注中国人权的议员。还有一种批评，是说外交制裁没有用，不可能改变中共的行为方式，而且还会引起中国人民的愤怒，等等。

果真没有用吗？真没用共产党为什么那么气急败坏呢？从对手的反应可以看见自己看不见的信息，这是对抗性体育运动的一条经验，也是政治家重要的观察角度。为什么呢？因为每个人观察的角度和时间都有限，利用对方的反应可以大大增加信息量。或者说在相等的角度和时间里加倍了信息量。共产党的反应证明了这制裁很有用，而不是没用。

为什么有用呢？因为中共花大钱收买贿赂争取这个运动会，不是喜欢体育运动，而是为了扩大国际影响，解决外交困境。这是中共的刚需，不是外国那种锦上添花的业余爱好。国人都知道中共那个德行，有笑话说连放个屁都要考虑影响。这么大的事，不为了政治利益和影响，而只为了业余爱好？只有外国人才会这么无聊兼无知，中国人都知道这不是共产党的性格。

记得上一次北京奥运会前，中国民主运动海外联席会议带头抵制，并且说服各人权组织抵制。在强大的舆论压力下，小布什总统在去北京参加开幕式之前，在白宫会见了中国民运人士和新疆的代表。他放下二郎腿郑重地对我说：我知道你会说什么，但是你也要理解我的难处，等等。

我知道应该对朋友妥协，就提了一个比较低的条件：要说中国的人权问题，而且要说得让中国人民能听见，不是在中共安排的包围中对着空气说话。他马上爽快地答应，保证让你和中国人民都听见。之后他在去北京的途中停留泰国曼谷，召开记者会强烈批评中国的人权状况，让江泽民很没面子。中共利用奥运会扩大国家影响的企图，受到了一定程度的挫折。那一次敌我双方打了个平手。

这一次的抵制，超过了上一次。而习近平集团的需求也超过了上一次。现在，目前的挫折已经大于上一次。怎么能说没用呢？而且现在习近平的战狼外交，已经引起美国和西方人民的强烈反感和反对。习近平比江泽民更需要一个外交成绩来向党内交代，这个巨大的挫折，就是给小习的大礼物，雪上加霜。

这份大礼物向中国人民和中共党内精英们证明；逆历史潮流而动的专制政权，和习皇帝的战狼外交，已经是过街老鼠，人人喊打。金钱外交大撒币，并不是万能的。金钱美女可以收买政客和精英，但收买不了西方的人民。

这同时也说明，在中共拿老百姓的钱大撒币的游说工作下，拜登政府承受着来自内部的巨大的力，也不是万能的。正如众议院议长南希佩洛西几个月前在国会听证会上估计的，最终结果只能是外交抵制。也正如白宫官员所说的那样，这个结果也是在顶着巨大压力的情况下做出的。

现在还没做出决定的欧洲和日本政府，正需要我们继续努力，再接再厉去争取，以达到我们所期望的最好效果，压迫习近平改变倒行逆施的国内外政策。对不讲理的流氓，妥协没有用，警察式的压迫才有效果。

(本评论的英文版本由黄慈萍翻译。魏京生和魏京生基金会感谢她数十年来有关的无偿贡献，特别是使用和发布此译文的许可。)

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