From the Heritage Foundation, I'm Michelle Cordero, and this is Heritage Explains. The Olympics are the most prestigious sporting event in the world,

and it's a privilege for a country to be selected as a host.

The International Olympic Committee picked Beijing to host the 2022 Winter Games.

And if the committee gets what it wants,

Beijing will become the only city in the world

to host both the summer and winter games.

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and its opening ceremony was a massive display of national pride.

From today, was a massive display of national pride. Is that a display of

war is that a display that the rest of the world is ready to see again in 2022?

The Chinese Communist Party is actively carrying out genocide and crimes against humanity

against the Uyghurs, Christians, and other religious groups.

The regime has also accelerated its crackdown on citizens in Hong Kong and continued to lie

about unleashing COVID-19 across the world.

President Biden is facing some pressure to boycott the 22 Olympic Games in Beijing.

Republican Congressman Mike Walsz introduced a resolution going after the Chinese government

as a brutal dictatorship with no regard for human rights.

The U.S. says it will consult with allies about how to handle the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.

That's sparked discussion of a possible boycott over China's human rights record.

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