China state paper attacks Tibet groups' Olympic protest

BEIJING, March 21: A Chinese state newspaper has lashed out at Tibetan groups calling on the International Olympic Committee not to award the 2022 Winter Games to Beijing.

In an editorial Saturday, the Global Times said the campaign against the Beijing Winter Olympics was "doomed to fail."


A coalition of more than 175 Tibet organizations on Thursday said they sent a report to IOC President Thomas Bach underlining that the 2008 Summer Games in Beijing failed to improve human rights in China. It says giving the Olympics to China again would be "making the same mistake twice."

Beijing is competing against Almaty, Kazakhstan, for the right to host the games.

An IOC evaluation panel will visit Beijing next week. The full IOC will select the host city on July 31.

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