Lithuania Complains About China’s Economic Retaliations Despite Calling for Olympic Boycott

Lithuania Complains About China’s Economic Retaliations Despite Calling for Olympic Boycott

The Chinese embassy in Lithuania has temporarily suspended consular services “for technical reasons.” This comes as relations between Beijing and Vilnius continues to breakdown as the latter prioritizes appeasing Washington and Brussels instead of its own national interests. “Due to technical reasons, the provision of consular services by the Embassy of the People’s Republic of…

Olympic Afterthoughts

Olympic Afterthoughts

Western mass media has selective blinders, when it comes to criticizing the International Olympic Committee, Michael Averko writes. In line with its cultural and geopolitical biases, Western mass media has selective blinders, when it comes to criticizing the International Olympic Committee (IOC). Within this prism, the IOC meddling with the Belarusian athletics (track & field)…

“I Won’t Compete”: Two Olympians Take Courageous Stand Against Israel and Apartheid

“I Won’t Compete”: Two Olympians Take Courageous Stand Against Israel and Apartheid

Visiting a bereaved family that lost a child is a terrible thing. It is really not something anyone should ever experience. In Palestine, where the lives of children are taken by Israeli soldiers almost daily, it is a regular occurrence. On any given day one will find in Palestine people sitting in a room filled…

Tokyo Olympics: American Victimhood vs. Chinese Victory

Tokyo Olympics: American Victimhood vs. Chinese Victory

Many countries in the world don’t embrace the US’ victimhood culture of unquestionably celebrating those who present themselves as victims whenever they fail to meet their goals. The Olympics should be a time of global goodwill, not political polemics, but the New York Times (NYT) attempted to exploit it in order to disparage China in…

The Rodchenkov Act Brings Russiagate Into the Sports Realm

The Rodchenkov Act Brings Russiagate Into the Sports Realm

Trump’s recent signing of the so-called Rodchenkov Act enabling the US to prosecute foreign athletes accused of doping amounts to the internationalization of the Russiagate conspiracy theory blaming the Eurasian Great Power for everything that goes wrong in the world. Trump’s recent signing of the so-called Rodchenkov Act enabling the US to prosecute foreign athletes…