GOP senators introduce resolution calling on IOC to move 2022 Winter Olympics out of China

IOC headquarters.
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The 2022 Winter Olympics have entered the United States-China showdown.

On Monday, Sens. Todd Young (R-Ind.) and Rick Scott (R-Fla.) led a group of GOP senators in introducing a resolution calling on the International Olympic Committee to find a new host for the 2022 winter games, which will take place in Beijing, unless the Chinese government "immediately addresses its egregious and numerous violations of human rights," including "committing genocide against the Uighurs in Xinjiang, restricting the human rights of Hong Kongers, and threatening Taiwan."

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Tim O'Donnell

Tim is a staff writer at The Week and has contributed to Bedford and Bowery and The New York Transatlantic. He is a graduate of Occidental College and NYU's journalism school. Tim enjoys writing about baseball, Europe, and extinct megafauna. He lives in New York City.