Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics: Controversy and Action

The delegation from France takes part in the parade of athletes, underneath the Olympics rings, during the opening ceremony of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games, at the National Stadium, known as the Bird's Nest, in Beijing, on February 4, 2022. (Photo by Ben STANSALL / AFP)

Activists protest against the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics outside the Consulate of China in Los Angeles, California on February 3, 2022. Activists protested against the many human rights abuses of the Chinese Communist Party and called for a boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics due to be held in Beijing. United States, Britain, Canada and Australia are among countries staging a diplomatic boycott over China's human rights record, particularly the fate of the Muslim Uyghur minority in Xinjiang. (Photo by Frederic J. BROWN / AFP)

Activists protest against the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics outside the Consulate of China in Los Angeles, California on February 3, 2022. Activists protested against the many human rights abuses of the Chinese Communist Party and called for a boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics due to be held in Beijing. United States, Britain, Canada and Australia are among countries staging a diplomatic boycott over China's human rights record, particularly the fate of the Muslim Uyghur minority in Xinjiang. (Photo by Frederic J. BROWN / AFP)

A man poses with the sentence: "Welcome to Beijing" written on his hazmat suit in Yanqing that host the alpine skiing and sliding venues ahead of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, on January 31, 2022. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP)

Russia's Kamila Valieva takes part in a figure skating training session at the Capital Indoor Stadium in Beijing on February 2, 2022, ahead of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics Games. (Photo by Anne-Christine POUJOULAT / AFP)

The team led bny Germany's Francesco Friedrich celebrates the gold after the 4-man bobsleigh heat 4 final run during the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympic Games, at the Olympic Sliding Centre on February 25, 2018 in Pyeongchang. (Photo by MOHD RASFAN / AFP)

France's Anais Chevalier competes at the shooting range in the women's 4x6km biathlon event during the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympic Games on February 22, 2018, in Pyeongchang. (Photo by François-Xavier MARIT / AFP)

Gold medallist Slovakia's Petra Vlhova celebrates on the podium during the women's slalom victory ceremony at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games at the Yanqing National Alpine Skiing Centre in Yanqing on February 9, 2022. (Photo by Dimitar DILKOFF / AFP)