Tag: International Olympic Committee
Thomas Bach, IOC President, Rebukes a Chinese Official Over Political Comments
Thomas Bach, the president of the International Olympic Committee, issued what amounted to a rare and surprising rebuke of a…
Peng Shuai Meets IOC Leader at Winter Olympics
Peng Shuai, the Chinese tennis player who largely disappeared from public life after making sexual abuse accusations against a political…
At Beijing Olympics, Question of Free Speech Looms Over Athletes
BEIJING — The conversation at the Wukesong Sports Center veered dangerously from the growth and speed of women’s hockey toward…
How China’s Xi Jinping Is Staging the Beijing Olympics on His Terms
When the International Olympic Committee met seven years ago to choose a host for the 2022 Winter Games, China’s leader,…
China Won’t Sell Olympics Tickets to Chinese Public
China had already barred foreign spectators from attending the Winter Games that begin in Beijing in less than a month.…
Faced With Questions About Forced Labor in China, the I.O.C. Is Tight-Lipped
Informal efforts to arrange a conversation between the I.O.C. and the Coalition to End Forced Labor in the Uyghur Region…