IOC Rules out Pressuring China Over Human Rights Record

Tiffany Meier
By Tiffany Meier
October 14, 2021China in Focus
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The International Olympic Committee (IOC) will not pressure 2022 Winter Olympics hosts China over its human rights record because it is not in the governing body’s remit to dictate to sovereign countries, IOC Vice President John Coates said on Wednesday.

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