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The CCP has infiltrated and corrupted all major international organizations as part of a larger plan to export authoritarian government (which cannot survive when compared to government of, for and by the people). Transparency is the solution—show what life will be like if the CCP prevails.
📷 🇨🇳 I've included a #photo in the comments of a Chinese woman who, Taiwanese spectators say, directed #IOC and #Paris2024 security to confiscate their patriotic signs and banners. What an utter disgrace. 😞 CNA [excerpt]: More Taiwanese spectators at the 2024 Summer #Olympics in #Paris have reported having signs and banners confiscated by security staff or snatched by Chinese fans. Sandy Hsueh (薛雅俶), the president of the Taiwanese Association in #France, told CNA that three security personnel confiscated a blank piece of cardboard from her at Sunday's men's doubles badminton final, in which #Taiwan's Lee Yang (李洋) and Wang Chi-lin (王齊麟) defeated China's Liang Weikeng (梁偉鏗) and Wang Chang (王昶). According to Hsueh, a staff member told her they had "received an instruction from the Olympic Games saying that anything related to Taiwan or showing Taiwan cannot appear." "Obviously we were targeted because Chinese fans were sitting in the front row seat on the lower level holding a Chinese national flag that exceeded the size allowed by the #IOC [the #InternationalOlympicCommittee]," Hsueh said. Despite reporting the oversized Chinese flag, Hsueh said venue staff took no action over the offending banner. In addition, Hsueh said, many spectators recorded evidence of a Chinese woman holding a mobile phone, standing next to the security personnel and directing them to confiscate signs and banners from Taiwanese supporters. Another fan took pictures of the woman thanking the staff and volunteers after the game and handing out badges to them one by one, Hsueh said. Sunday's fracas follows similar scenes during Lee and Wang's semifinal on Friday, where a Taiwanese spectator had a banner snatched by an unknown Chinese man, who was reportedly ejected by venue staff. According to Reuters, at the same event, a towel with the word "Taiwan" printed on it was confiscated from a Taiwanese fan by venue staff. Hsueh said she believes that China's interference has gone beyond the scope of IOC framework on fairness, inclusion and nondiscrimination. A Chinese human rights activist who preferred to remain anonymous told CNA that the government in Beijing dispatches people to Olympic events in which Taiwan participates to scrutinize flags and reports them to the IOC. #news #sports #corruption #business
Khari Wilson
2mo
It’s absolutely deplorable. These countries are so afraid of standing up to China it’s a wonder if any have a backbone.
Kwan Lee
2mo
This is absolutely nuts that everyone is kowtowing to the CCP.
Joseph Cella
2mo
Truth.
Dana Linnet
2mo
Awful! They should be able to compete as “Taiwan” period.
Passionate Teacher | Skilled Practitioner | Lifelong Learner
2moYes, the PRC is deliberately taking an active role in all UN agencies and all major international organizations in furtherance of PRC interests. But many critics in DC simplistically want the US to get out of and stop contributing financially to these agencies and organizations. These international bodies are not going away — they are part of the post-WWII rules-based international order that the US was instrumental in constructing. These DC critics cannot complain about the PRC exerting its political influence within these agencies and organizations if they also seek for the US to sit on the sidelines and pretend these bodies are not embraced by most countries in the world. US isolationism is not the solution for protecting US interests in the world. The US must compete with the PRC within these agencies and organizations.