China Makes It a Crime to Question Military Casualties on the Internet
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I can only interpret it as a form of bike shedding.
Ask yourself this question: Would you have boycotted the 1936 Olympics knowing what you know now about the German regime? The evidence is all there for everyone to see.
Even that is now debatable considering the way the Chinese have infiltrated and subverted the US political system. I doubt even the annexation of Taiwan will cause the US to blink.
The same reason we criticize other democracies for the most minor of offenses but give Saudi Arabia a pass. We needle those who are needled but avoid those who DGAF or have levers of power over us. The Chinese just DGAF and they have amassed an immense amount of power.