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Re:Uyghur kids detail abuse at China's boarding schools in X... by outside1234 on Thursday February 03, 2022 @11:21PM (#30202836)
Not watching the Olympics, deleted TikTok off everyone’s phones in the house, buying more locally made things, etc.
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Re:Uyghur kids detail abuse at China's boarding schools in X... by hervature on Thursday February 03, 2022 @11:24PM (#30202854)
Serious question, does not watching the Olympics hurt them other than signaling? Currently debating getting Peacock for the month but have held out to boycott as well. To me, it seems it is only hurting NBC and, in a strange way, the US.
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Re:Uyghur kids detail abuse at China's boarding schools in X... by dymk on Thursday February 03, 2022 @11:25PM (#30202858)
It's a form of protest to NBC and our leadership. Protest is a form of signaling, but it's one that the US takes seriously when enough people do it.
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Re:Uyghur kids detail abuse at China's boarding schools in X... by zarzavat on Friday February 04, 2022 @12:01AM (#30203072)
Appearances or “face” is very important in China, perhaps as important as money. Every Olympics a premier opportunity for China to gain face on the world stage, by showing off Chinese athletes. Hosting the Olympics is therefore an even greater exercise in national pride, and China takes it extremely seriously.

So yes, if the olympics is a failure because people boycott it then it hurts their pride because they have built their pride around such events.

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