Thomas Bach’s “Quiet Diplomacy” Stance Is An International Failure

The world continues to ask questions of China’s treatment of Peng Shuai, including diplomatic boycotts from the United States, Canada, Australia, and potentially the entire European Union— and yet, Thomas Bach is still being complicit in Beijing’s whitewashing of the incident.

Bach, current IOC president, has been on several video calls with Ms. Peng and Chinese officials but has yet to talk to Peng about her allegations that a former Vice-Premier coerced into sex. Not only is Bach failing Ms. Peng, but he is also failing the entire sporting community by refusing to back them in their current boycotts.

Where has the IOC’s “Quiet Diplomacy” gotten us so far?

These “Highly orchestrated” calls have done nothing but normalize China’s outward stance toward the West. A stance that will discourage future women from coming forward within China; and a stance that insures the greater public will focus more on the Olympics themselves now that we know Peng is alive… even if she is not “free”.

Despite this, and despite the WTA pulling all events and promotion from China, the IOC has conducted business as usual even in the face of diplomatic boycotts from the West.

Bach even shot back though the media, saying;