Dylan Bettencourt
UMnyango Wezangaphandle e-China usole abantu namaqembu aphesheya kwezilwandle ngokwenza ihaba ngodaba lukaPeng Shaui.
Lesi sihlabani sethenisi siduke ngemuva kokuthi sisole owayeyiPhini likaNdunankulu wase-China ngokumhlukumeza ngokocansi.
Ngemuva kokuthi uPeng esole lo sopolitiki oseqophelweni eliphezulu ngokumphoqa ukuthi enze ucansi eminyakeni emithathu eyedlule engosini yezokuxhumana embhalweni osuliwe, akazange abonwe noma azwakale amasonto amathathu.
Ngempelasonto edlule, ube nocingo lwevidiyo noMengameli we-International Olympic Committee (i-IOC) ukuqinisekisa ukuphepha kwakhe.
Umkhulumeli woMnyango Wezangaphandle e-China uZhao Lijian uthe ukunakwa kwalesi sigameko bekuyindaba “yenkohliso enonya.”
“Ngiyakholwa ukuthi wonke umuntu ubonile ukuthi usanda kuhambela imicimbi ethile yomphakathi futhi waba nocingo lwevidiyo noMengameli we-IOC, uThomas Bach. Ngiyethemba ukuthi abantu bazoyeka ukukhulumela phansi, angisayiphathi eyokufaka ipolitiki,” kusho uNgqongqoshe.
Kodwa-ke, ucingo lwevidiyo lwe-IOC nomdlali wethenisi aluzange likudambise lokho kukhathazeka. Ikomidi lisolwa ngokwenza lolu cingo njengendlela yokukhangisa ukuze kuvikelwe ama-Olimpiki asebusika e-Beijing azoqala ekuqaleni konyaka ozayo.
“Ithimba lethenisi bekumele likwazi ukuthola lolo cingo, futhi bekumele kube isikhulu esivikelayo esithola lolo cingo, hhayi ukudumazeka emphakathini,” kusho uNikki Dryden, ummeli wamalungelo abantu kanye nombhukudi wase-Canada wama-Olimpiki.
I-China ibiphakathi kwezingxabano eziningi ngesikhathi kulungiselelwa imidlalo yasebusika njengoba izishoshovu zokushintsha kwesimo sezulu zizwakalise ukukhathazeka ngokuthi i-Beijing izosebenzisa iqhwa mbumbulu emicimbini yayo yase-Alpine nakuba kuyidolobha elintuleka kakhulu ngamanzi emhlabeni.
IMelika kanye ne-United Kingdom bacubungula ukuduba imidlalo yangoNhlolanja yangowezi-2022 ukuze babhikishele irekhodi elibi lamalungelo abantu ezweni.
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