Many firm supporters for Beijing The voice of expectations for the Winter Olympics drowned out the noise of the West

Source: Global Times

【Global Times Comprehensive Report】Beijing Winter Olympic Village (Winter Paralympic Village) launched closed-loop management on the 18th, which means that this place has officially entered the state of the game. As preparations for the Beijing Winter Olympics are advancing in an orderly manner, the Western countries that have previously created the so-called "diplomatic boycott" farce are still not dead.00 The United States has reportedly joined the ranks of Britain, Canada and the Netherlands, warning athletes participating in the Winter Olympics not to bring their personal phones, citing concerns about "Chinese surveillance." The host of fox news network in the United States turned to incitement to "boycott watching the broadcast of the Winter Olympics". However, this noise has hardly splashed much, and it is more drowning in the world's expectations for this sports event. China's "dynamic zeroing" epidemic prevention strategy, environmental protection concept and high-tech elements have made the outside world full of confidence in the success of the Beijing Winter Olympics. "I support the Beijing Winter Olympics and believe it will bring everyone together and inspire the world." Brian Lewis, president of the Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee, told the Global Times reporter on the 18th.

Russia: There is already a lot of information on U.S. actions to smear the Winter Olympics

It was the U.S. Olympic Committee that warned U.S. athletes. The Wall Street Journal reported on the 18th that the U.S. Olympic Committee encouraged athletes to use disposable mobile phones instead of bringing their own devices to China, because "every device, every communication, every transaction and every online activity may be monitored." The newspaper commented that the proposal shows how different the U.S. Olympic Committee's approach to the Winter Olympics is from the past, where the agency's advice to athletes has often included adherence to local laws and respect for cultural norms.

"When relevant countries raise the issue of China's so-called 'cybersecurity', it is completely a rake and a fabrication." Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian refuted the above remarks on the 18th. A spokesman for the Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee also said that all the actions of the Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee strictly abide by the "Personal Information Protection Law of the People's Republic of China" and other relevant laws and regulations. The My 2022 App, which provides various information services for registered people at the Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games, has passed the review of overseas mobile application markets such as Google, Apple and Samsung.

Before the United States, the Canadian Olympic Committee, the British Olympic Association, and the Dutch Olympic Committee and Sports League had issued similar recommendations to their athletes. The United States, Canada and the United Kingdom are all countries that have carried out so-called "diplomatic boycotts" of the Beijing Winter Olympics. According to the Dutch "People's Daily", the Dutch Olympic Committee and sports league even claimed that temporary equipment would be distributed to personnel participating in the Beijing Winter Olympics and destroyed after returning home. Dutch media reports on "China surveillance" were criticized by the Chinese Embassy in the Netherlands as "unfounded."

The Bias of the West is clear from the Wall Street Journal's report. It is not uncommon for Olympic officials to alert their citizens to potential cyber dangers, the newspaper said. No matter where the Olympics are held, so many officials and celebrities gather in the same place is an attractive opportunity for hackers. Yet in the eyes of some in the West, China represents a "special threat."

Advocating the failure of the "boycott of the Beijing Winter Olympics", the Conservative Media Fox News Network in the United States turned to incite the American people to "boycott watching the broadcast of the Winter Olympics". The news network host Ingraham claimed on the 17th that China could not get a huge return from the winter Olympics publicity, calling on the public to ensure that "not to spend a minute watching the Winter Olympics broadcast by the National Broadcasting Corporation (NBC)." She used a lot of fierce words in the show, and she seemed a little angry.

Sergei Naryshkin, director of the Foreign Intelligence Agency of the Russian Federation, said on the 18th that Russia has a lot of information about the actions of the United States and its allies to smear the Beijing Winter Olympics. Otsa quoted Naryshkin as saying that they were involved in a large-scale provocation and malicious interference in the preparations for the Beijing Winter Olympics. The protagonist of these actions is the U.S. Department of State, which coordinates anti-China activities related to the Winter Olympics by NGOs and the media under their control. On the eve of the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, those who blamed Russia used exactly the same method.

U.S. companies are reluctant to wade through the muddy waters of "Olympic politicization."

"Those who try to politicize the Beijing Winter Olympics are doomed to fail." Pakistani President Arif Alvi recently said in a joint interview with the Global Times and other Chinese media at the presidential palace in islamabad, the capital, that during the epidemic, holding such an event is a huge test for the organizers, and the Chinese government will once again show the world its strong social mobilization and activity management capabilities, and also show China's effective measures to respond to the epidemic on a regular basis. At the same time, this Winter Olympics once again reminds us that countries and nationalities should pay attention to mutual exchanges and healthy competition, rather than adopting disgraceful political means to make groundless accusations against China.

After all, the so-called "diplomatic boycott" is the voice of a small group of people in the international community, and more countries are full of expectations for this sports event. Kurvinen, minister of science and culture of the Ministry of Education and Culture of finland's sports authority, said in an interview with the Finnish National Broadcasting Corporation on the 17th that he would go to Beijing in February to participate in the Winter Olympics, and Finland "has never boycotted sports events."

Brian Lewis, who participated in the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics with the delegation, told the Global Times reporter on the 18th that Beijing is a city that has created Olympic history. Under the epidemic, the determination of China's leaders and the will of all staff to overcome difficulties are admirable. Currently, the country's bobsleigh team is competing for qualification for the Beijing Winter Olympics.

The US government has taken the lead in carrying out a so-called "diplomatic boycott" of the Beijing Winter Olympics, but even US companies are unwilling to wade through the muddy waters of "Olympic politicization." The Washington Post reported on the 17th that for two years, activists have been pushing American and Western companies to cancel sponsorship and broadcast the Beijing Winter Olympics, but they found that the risk of offending China has led companies to choose to stick to commercial agreements. Many sponsors see China as one of their biggest markets. When the United States completely boycotted the Moscow Olympics in 1980, NBC followed suit, canceling its broadcast program. This time, however, NBC stopped doing so, and its report said ad sales for the Beijing Winter Olympics were strong and "nearly sold out" last fall.

"A stage to showcase China's achievements"

With the approval of the International Olympic Committee, the Beijing Winter Olympic Organizing Committee released the final version of the Competition Schedule of the Beijing Winter Olympic Games on the 18th. The opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics is scheduled for February 4, and curling, ice hockey and freestyle skiing will kick off before the opening ceremony. According to the spokesperson of the Beijing Winter Olympic Organizing Committee, the Winter Olympic Village will be put into trial operation on January 23 and officially opened on January 27. During the trial operation of closed-loop management, nearly 3,000 people will come to China to carry out work, which is also a practical test of closed-loop management during the game.

According to the website of Fortune magazine in the United States, beijing attaches great importance to the new single-digit cases in the case of the daily increase in cases in the United States reaching the million level and the Omilon variant strain sweeping the world. The Winter Olympics will be an opportunity to showcase China's "dynamic zeroing" anti-epidemic strategy. Brian Lewis told the Global Times that he supports the epidemic prevention measures of the Beijing Winter Olympics and believes that vaccination and public health measures are necessary to protect all athletes and the Chinese people.

Russia's vesti tv station focuses on the "high-tech" side of the Beijing Winter Olympics. The report said that the latest environmental protection solutions are used for the construction of facilities, athletes will be picked up by hydrogen-powered shuttles, 5G ultra-high-definition studios located in high-speed rail carriages... The Beijing Winter Olympics, known as the "High-Tech Olympic Games," are a stage to showcase China's achievements.

In China, the enthusiasm for the Winter Olympics can be felt as far away as Xinjiang. On the 17th, Zhao Lijian sent a number of microblogs on his personal account to call for xinjiang ice and snow sports. "Global Times" reporter came to the Altay General Mountain Ski Resort mentioned by Zhao Lijian on the 18th, and learned that the Altay region is known as the "origin of human skiing".

The painted petroglyphs of Dundebulak Cave, about an hour's drive from the city, are the most vivid example. On this 12,000-year-old petroglyph, the ancients stepped on fur skis, held poles in their hands, carried their prey, and skied in the same manner as modern skiing. "Guardian" Zhang Yongjun told the Global Times reporter that the skiing pattern it recorded was more than 4,000 years earlier than the West, and it was difficult to be surpassed, and it was a veritable "origin of human skiing". Before the epidemic, experts and scholars from Europe, the United States, Japan and South Korea and other countries came to investigate and agreed with this statement.