House bill aims to sanction top Chinese officials; Detention centers located 10 mins from Olympics
A new bill introduced in the House looks to sanction thousands of China’s top officials, including Xi Jinping and his family. A quarantined journalist longs for a cup of coffee, after more than a week in Olympic isolation. We look at what athletes say about the scene in Beijing. The Olympics seek to build a more peaceful world. But China may be using the Games for another purpose. We hear from a Chinese American architect about what the Beijing Games have cost his family. A map shows just how close visitors to China are to the country’s human rights abuses. It reveals Beijing detention centers are just minutes away from Olympic stadiums. A dissident and former torchbearer for the 2008 Summer Olympics speaks out after China selected a Uyghur athlete to carry the 2022 Olympic flame.
A new bill introduced in the House looks to sanction thousands of China’s top officials, including Xi Jinping and his family. A quarantined journalist longs for a cup of coffee, after more than a week in Olympic isolation. We look at what athletes say about the scene in Beijing. The Olympics seek to build a more peaceful world. But China may be using the Games for another purpose. We hear from a Chinese American architect about what the Beijing Games have cost his family. A map shows just how close visitors to China are to the country’s human rights abuses. It reveals Beijing detention centers are just minutes away from Olympic stadiums. A dissident and former torchbearer for the 2008 Summer Olympics speaks out after China selected a Uyghur athlete to carry the 2022 Olympic flame.
