GOP Sen. Marco Rubio Pressures Airbnb To ‘Immediately Delist’ Some Properties In China Over Human Rights Issues

The new date is Dec 7, 2021.

The senator wants the company to remove listings on land owned by a Chinese government-controlled company in the Uyghur region of China, where they have been accused of forced labor.

The senator is from Florida.

The images are from the same company.

The U.S. sanctioned land owned by the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps due to human rights issues against Uyghurs and religious groups there.

According to a November report, there are more than a dozen rental properties on land owned by the company.

The senator sent a letter to Brian Chesky, the chief executive of Airbnb, asking him to withdraw his company's sponsorship of the Winter Games.
The Winter Games should be canceled by other major sponsors, according to a spokesman for the senator.
Human rights groups have called on sponsors of the Winter Games to clarify their position on China's treatment of Uyghurs.
The Office of Foreign Assets Control doesn't allow companies to do business with entities that are not owned by people.

The Senate passed a bill in July that would impose an import ban on most goods from the Uyghur region in order to prevent forced labor, but the bill is stuck in the House.

$110 billion. According to a report by Bloomberg, 10 out of 12 major international sponsors of the Olympic Games generate revenue in China. Coca Cola, Intel, and Toyota are the biggest sponsors of the Winter Games.

The key background.

Companies that speak out against China's alleged forced labor and human rights issues have taken a hit in revenue from Chinese consumers boycotting them. Adidas reported a 15% drop in third quarter revenue in China after it voiced concerns about forced labor in the region. The Biden Administration decided to boycott the Beijing Winter Olympics in 2022.
There is a structure called the Tangent.

NBCUniversal said in September that the Winter Games advertising was sold out.

As the Beijing Olympics near, sponsors are walking a fine line.

The U.S. Olympic boycott is called aDiplomatic Boycott.

The land owned by the Axios group is owned by Airbnb.

Beijing Olympics sponsors face a $110 billion dilemma.