Some reported abuses in Xinjiang — including forced sterilizations and the separation of children from their families — could, indeed, constitute genocide. Fortunately, the international community has good leverage to use against him: Beijing will host the 2022 Olympic Winter Games. The 2022 Olympics will be a grand propaganda spectacle in which participating countries will play supporting roles. A cancellation, relocation or boycott of the Games would mark a significant international and domestic embarrassment for Xi. To participate in the Beijing 2022 Games despite the atrocities being committed against the Uighurs would be to acquiesce to those abuses.

Source: Los Angeles Times November 29, 2019 10:52 UTC