Axios: "Friday‘s Winter Olympics opening ceremony drew nearly 14 million viewers on television, making it one of the least-viewed opening ceremonies on TV in Olympic history, according to numbers provided by NBC Sports."
It's almost as if people are turned off by the fact the Winter Olympics are being hosted by a genocidal bioterrorist state responsible for:
· Shutting down domestic travel to and from Wuhan after the initial spread of COVID-19 [1][2][3], but permitting international travel out of Wuhan ahead of the Lunar New Year Festival (only halting flights in January), when China sees its highest annual outbound travel (i.e. hundreds of millions of people according to The New York Times). In fact, millions left Wuhan before the quarantine [4]. Chinese government records indicate that the first case of infection was recorded 17 November [5], but the government did not report the infection until 31 December [6]. Furthermore, Beijing deceived the World Health Organization about the virus’ human-to-human transmissibility as well as about the nature of the virus [7][8], blocked WHO scientists from critical information [9] and indicated suspected cases were “declining,” misrepresenting both case numbers and death tolls. Additionally, Xi’s regime lied about what the incinerators sent to Wuhan were working overtime burning, which tipped off international observers to the lethality of the virus [10]. Ultimately, the CCP—for its deception, unethical behavior, and duplicity concerning COVID-19—bears a great deal of responsibility for putting the world behind in its efforts to prepare for and ultimately address the virus that has now claimed over 4,000,000 lives worldwide [11].
· The Uyghur genocide [12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19]
· Savaging Chinese Christians and the Falun Gong [20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35]
· Enslaving Tibetans and Mongolians [36][37][38][39][40][41][42][43][44]
· Crushing pro-democracy advocates and journalists critical of abuses in Hong Kong [45][46][47][48][49][50][51][52][53][54][55]
· Coercing between 336 million and 650 million abortions [56][57][58][59][60][61][62][63]
· Aggression against the sovereign democratic island nation of Taiwan [64][65][66][67][68][69][70][71][72][73]
· Starving over 40 million Chinese during the ‘Great Leap Forward’ [74][75][76][77][78][79][80][81][82][83][84][85]
· Forcing between 20 and 50 million Chinese into forced labor camps [86][87][88][89][90][91][92]
· Stealing decades-worth of Western intellectual property [93][94][95][96][97][98][99][100][101][102][103][104]
· Aggression against neighboring countries [105][106][107][108][109][110][111][112] and
· Executing more people yearly than the world combined [113][114][115][116].
[1] “How China locked down internally for COVID-19, but pushed foreign travel” https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/blogs/Whathappensif/how-china-locked-down-internally-for-covid-19-but-pushed-foreign-travel/
[2] “China Cut Off Domestic Travel from Wuhan but Allowed Int'l Travel To Continue, Spreading COVID”
[3] “Virus-hit city temporarily shuts down local transportation”
[4] "Where did they go? Millions left city before quarantine"
https://apnews.com/article/virus-outbreak-health-ap-top-news-international-news-shanghai-c42eabe1b1e1ba9fcb2ce201cd3abb72
[5] “Coronavirus: China’s first confirmed Covid-19 case traced back to November 17”
[6] “How the Virus Got Out”
New York Times, archived: https://archive.is/vQdN9
[7] “China Never Reported Existence of Coronavirus to World Health Organization”
[8] “China withheld data on coronavirus from WHO, recordings reveal”
[9] “How China blocked WHO and Chinese scientists early in coronavirus outbreak”
[10] “Coronavirus: Crematorium data prove China was lying about COVID-19”
[11] Map: Track coronavirus deaths around the world
[12] “Genocide alert: New evidence shows that Uyghurs subjected to the crime of crimes”
[13] “The Uyghur Genocide”
[14] “China's Uighur Genocide: Here's Everything You Need To Know About the CCP's Human Rights Abuses”
https://www.westernjournal.com/chinas-uighur-genocide-everything-need-know-ccps-human-rights-abuses/
[15] “Who are the Uyghurs and why is China being accused of genocide?”
[16] “The US says China is committing genocide against the Uyghurs. Here's some of the most chilling evidence.”
[17] “Netherlands’s Arnhem cuts ties with Wuhan over Uyghur genocide”
[18] “UK lawmakers declare China's treatment of Uyghurs is genocide”
[19] “Senate unanimously passes bill banning all products from Xinjiang over China's Uyghur genocide”
[20] “'A putrid threat': China's persecution of Christians 'intensified' in 2020: report”
[21] “In China, they’re closing churches, jailing pastors – and even rewriting scripture”
[22] “Unrelenting: China Expands Crackdown Against Christians, Muslims”
https://www.faithwire.com/2021/02/22/unrelenting-china-expands-crackdown-against-christians-muslims/
[23] “Christians see 'alarming' trend worldwide as China builds 'blueprint of persecution'”
[24] “China’s Christian persecution of highest level since Mao”
[25] "The Brutal Truth About Persecution of Christians in China"
https://townhall.com/columnists/michaelbrown/2018/09/23/the-brutal-truth-about-persecution-of-christians-in-china-n2520938 [26] "Christian Persecution in China Is Even Worse Than You Thought"
[27] “China, Myanmar and others criticized in report on rising religious persecution”
[28] “Christians Under Xi”
[29] "Communists Warn Citizens: ‘Christianity Does Not Belong in China’"
https://www.breitbart.com/faith/2020/10/07/communists-warn-citizens-christianity-does-not-belong-china/
[30] “Outlawed, branded a cult in mainland China, Falun Gong faces calls to be banned under Hong Kong’s national security law”
[31] “United Nations Concerned About Organ Harvesting In China”
[32] “Persecution of Falun Gong”
[33] "China is harvesting organs from detainees, tribunal concludes"
[34] “China’s long history of harvesting organs from living political foes”
[35] “The Past, Present and Future of Falun Gong”
[36] "Statement on Reports of Forced Labour in Tibet"
[37] "China reportedly forced 500K Tibetan farmers into labor camps"
[38] “China forces 500,000 Tibetans into labour camps”
[39] “China 'coercing' thousands of Tibetans into mass labour camps – report”
[40] "Tibet: Satellites Show New Internment Camps in Tibet"
[41] "Exclusive: China sharply expands mass labor program in Tibet”
[42] "Mineral exploitation, forced labour: How China continues to strangle Tibet"
[43] “U.S. Customs: China Using Forced Labor in Inner Mongolia"
[44] "US bans China sweetener products, claiming breach of forced labour law"
[45] “National security law: Apple Daily editor-in-chief, publisher remanded in custody after arrests on collusion charge”
[46] “The Observer view on China’s human rights abuses in Hong Kong”
[47] “China is committing human rights abuses in Hong Kong”
[48] “Human Rights Watch - China, 2020”
[49] “EU parliamentarians call for sanctions response to human rights abuses in Iran, Hong Kong and Saudi”
[50] Amnesty International: “Hong Kong Protests Explained”
[51] “Hong Kong police arrest 5 trade union members for sedition”
[52] "Hong Kong police arrest 5 speech therapists over children's books deemed seditious"
[53] "Hong Kong protests: Two people in critical condition after day of chaos"
[54] "We ‘shouldn’t have to give our lives:’ Hong Kong protester shot by police speaks out”
[55] “Timeline: The impact of the national security law on Hong Kong”
[56] “China Reports 336 Million Abortions in Last 40 Years”
[57] “How China's One-Child Policy Led To Forced Abortions, 30 Million Bachelors”
[58] "Women 'tied like pigs,' forced abortions part of China's 'one-child policy,' doc shows"
https://www.foxnews.com/world/women-one-child-china-policy-forced-abortion-sterilization-documentary
[59] "Human Rights Activist: Forced Abortion Policy Leads to 23 Million Abortions a Year in China"
[60] "Forced Abortion Still Mandated Under China’s “Planned Birth” Laws"
[61] “Of the 13 Million Abortions a Year in China, Most Are Forced”
[61] "China's one-child policy was enforced through abortion and sterilization"
[62] "'They Ordered Me To Get An Abortion': A Chinese Woman's Ordeal In Xinjiang"
[63] “Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2015”
[64] “Beijing’s South China Sea Aggression Is a Warning to Taiwan”
[65] "US, Japan and South Korea warn China for ratcheting tensions in Taiwan"
[66] "The threat of China invading Taiwan is growing every day. What the U.S. can do to stop it."
[67] “The Hundred-Year Marathon”
[68] "The Unfolding Chinese Aggression against Taiwan"
[69] "China Keeps Inching Closer to Taiwan"
[70] “Australia could be called on to defend Taiwan from China”
[71] "Taiwan Urges Democracies To Keep An Eye On Chinese Aggression Near Strait"
[72] "China Sends A Record 28 Military Planes Into Airspace Controlled By Taiwan"
[73] "Taiwan reports 'large incursion' by Chinese warplanes for second day"
[74] "Remembering the biggest mass murder in the history of the world"
[75] "HOW MANY DIED? NEW EVIDENCE SUGGESTS FAR HIGHER NUMBERS FOR THE VICTIMS OF MAO ZEDONG'S ERA"
[76] "How Mao Zedong killed 45 million people in four years"
[77] "Mass killings under communist regimes"
[78] "Madman who starved 60 million to death"
[79] "45 million died in Mao's Great Leap Forward, Hong Kong historian says in new book”
[80] “Who Killed More: Hitler, Stalin, or Mao?”
[81] "Education And Debate China's great famine: 40 years later"
[82] “Great Chinese Famine”
[83] "China's 40 million deaths cover-up exposed amid coronavirus controversy"
[84] “Mao's Great Leap Forward 'killed 45 million in four years'”
[85] "The Great Leap Forward"
[86] "I was sentenced to life in a Chinese labour camp. This is my story"
[87] "Mao Zedong: He Killed Millions of His Own People and Built Nuclear Weapons”
[88] "Extermination through labour"
[89] "China's 'Re-Education Through Labor' System: The View From Within"
[90] "China’s Great Leap Forward"
[91] “Cultural Revolution”
[92] “Maoism”
[93] "China Is Stealing Our Technology and Intellectual Property. Congress Must Stop It"
[94] “The Department of Justice’s National Security Division Chief Addresses China’s Campaign to Steal U.S. Intellectual Property”
[95] “The China Threat”
[96] “The Hundred-Year Marathon”
[97] “FBI is investigating more than 1,000 cases of Chinese theft of US technology”
[98] "The Unreal Scope Of China’s Intellectual Property Theft"
[99] "China’s Record on Intellectual Property Rights Is Getting Better and Better"
[100] "1 in 5 corporations say China has stolen their IP within the last year: CNBC CFO survey"
[101] "How China’s Legal System Enables Intellectual Property Theft”
[102] “Intellectual property in China - cases
[103] "How much has the US lost from China's IP theft?"
[104] “How China’s rampant intellectual property theft, long overlooked by US, sparked trade war”
[105] "China's aggressive behavior on the global stage is an 'immense danger,' says analyst"
[106] "World cannot ignore Chinese aggression in South China Sea"
[107] "Why a Filipino Official Just Flipped Out at Chinese Aggression"
[108] “US warns China against aggressive moves in contested South China Sea”
[109] “China’s aggression against India, Hong Kong, US comes from sense of siege on pandemic origin”
[110] “Annexation of Tibet by the People's Republic of China”
[111] "Exclusive: With focus on Ladakh, Uttarakhand and Himachal, China ramps up 16 airbases"
[112] "Is China Escalating Tensions With Japan in the East China Sea?"
[113] "China executes more people than rest of world combined, Amnesty report reveals"
[114] “China's deadly secret: More executions than all other countries put together”
[115] “CONVEYOR BELT OF DEATH China executes thousands of prisoners every year”
[116] “China tops world execution list but true number of killings remains a mystery”
Final point: much like the breakdown of party members and empowered in the Soviet Union, behind the Chinese firewall are over 1.4 billion people. Only 90.6 million are members of the Chinese Communist Party, and of that number, fewer than 5,000 wield real power. Just because the 5,000 rule with iron fists today doesn't mean they'll rule forever.