Olympics

USA Lets Athletes Cheat with Steroids, as it Accuses Russia & China of Violating Anti-doping Rules

August 11, 2024 UNAC Editor China, Hybrid Warfare, International Institutions, Lawfare, Uncategorized, US Foreign Policy, US Hypocrisy

by Ben Norton, published on Geopolitical Economy, August 11, 2024 The World Anti-Doping Agency says the US has for a decade allowed athletes in international competitions, including the Olympics, to cheat by using prohibited drugs, while it hypocritically criticizes Russia and China. The United States has for a decade allowed athletes in international competitions, including the Olympics, to use prohibited[…]

NYTimes Ignites China Doping Controversy Leading Into the Olympics

August 11, 2024 UNAC Editor China, Hybrid Warfare, Imperial Lies and Liars, International Institutions, Political Analysis, Propaganda, US Hypocrisy

by Rick Sterling, published on Dissident Voice, May 10, 2024 I chose this article because it was full of details about the original incident and following attacks in the New York Times. Following the Paris Olympics, Rick discussed this issue on the most recent China Report, a podcast from Breakthrough News: Western accusations of doping by Chinese swimmers threaten to[…]

China Holds First-Ever Carbon-Neutral Olympics

February 14, 2022 UNAC Editor China, Environment

by Lyn Neeley, published on Workers World, February 14, 2022 This year’s Beijing Winter Olympics is the first in history to be carbon-neutral. This includes renewable energy in all game venues, introducing new low-carbon technologies and using transportation fueled by hydrogen, natural gas and electricity. China completed the Zhangbei power grid station in time for the Olympics. That’s the world’s[…]

China, Political Victim of Hypocritical Olympic Boycott

December 25, 2021 UNAC Editor Canada, China

‘Anglosphere’ seems intent on recreating a cold war by Ken Stone, published as an OpEd in The Hamilton Spectator, December 24, 2021 Read the article and in most areas you can just substitute ‘United States’ for ‘Canada’. Where you can’t, the inference is that Canada is following and implementing United States policies. Sad for them. Sadder for us. [jb] Canada’s[…]

North and South Discuss Olympic Cooperation | U.S. Considers “Limited Strike” on N Korea

January 23, 2018 UNAC Editor Korea

from Zoom In Korea On January 9, high-level officials from North and South Korea met to discuss the North’s participation in the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea in February. The inter-Korean meeting was held in the village of Panmunjom at the border of the divided Korean Peninsula. On January 1, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un expressed hope for[…]