China celebrates genocide and death at Olympics

Pro-democracy activist Nathan Law joined 'America Reports' to discuss what the incident could signal as concern for athlete safety continues.

The Chinese regime is hiding no more. At the Winter Olympics, a proud – and arrogant – ruling group is flaunting an image the world abhors. 

Beijing, for instance, chose Qi Fabao as a torchbearer. The colonel, a "Galwan Valley border clash hero" according to Communist Party media, led a surprise attack on the night of June 15, 2020, deep in Indian-controlled territory in the Himalayas. Twenty Indian troopers were killed, and Qi suffered a four-inch gash on his forehead. 

Chinese Vice Premier Han Zheng lights the torch before the start of the torch relay for the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing on Feb. 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Sam McNeil)

New Delhi was outraged. It had planned to send diplomats to the opening and closing ceremonies. After the announcement that Qi would carry the torch in a relay, however, India pulled its representation, joining the American-led diplomatic boycott of the Games. 

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"The torchbearers of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics are broadly representative and meet the selection standards," said Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian at a press conference, in response to New Delhi’s boycott. "What I want to say is that we hope relevant party can view the torchbearers in an objective and rational way and refrain from making politicized interpretation." 

Thomas Bach rushed to Beijing’s defense. The International Olympic Committee president, responding to a question about Col. Qi, pointed out that a British veteran was a torchbearer in the 2012 London Summer Games. 

The two cases, however,