Source: China – South China Morning PostUS lawmakers have called on the International Olympic Committee to reaffirm the free-speech rights of athletes in the Winter Games, after a Beijing official warned that speech that violated Chinese regulations would be punished.“The International Olympic Committee – and its president Thomas Bach – must immediately clarify that free speech by athletes is absolutely guaranteed at the Olympics,” a bipartisan group of eight congressional representatives wrote on Thursday.On Wednesday, Yang Shu, the…Read More