Top Olympic sponsors — 13 of the most influential companies in the world — have been tiptoeing around or staying silent on reports of human rights abuses in northwest China as the Winter Games kick off.
Top Olympic sponsors have been tiptoeing around or staying silent on reports of human rights abuses in northwest China.in the world — are in a lose-lose situation whether they speak out or stay silent. The lack of acknowledgement of the human rights concerns also feeds growing fear that censorship within China is spreading beyond its borders.
A growing number of businesses and organizations are facing this problem as the size of the Chinese market makes it too crucial to upset. The International Olympic Committee told Axios it “engage[s] with all the Organising Committees” on everything from labor conditions to health and environment and “peaceful assembly and protest."
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