On Feb. 4, China’s government and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) are to open the Winter Olympics in Beijing. Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the UK and the US have announced diplomatic boycotts of the Games to protest Beijing’s ongoing persecution of Uighurs and other egregious human rights abuses, including the oppression of Tibetans, and trampling on human dignity and democratic governance in Hong Kong. Athletes can compete from these countries, but no elected person would attend. The US Holocaust Memorial Museum, among others, reports that Beijing’s attacks on the Uighur community are alarming in severity and constitute “crimes against humanity,” including “forced