Fill in the Blanks Olympics_1_preps_3 (type)Online version Fill in the blanks by Tatiana Muchnick 1 Five words make the official slogan Beijing 2022 : Together a shared future . It's similar one President Xi Jinping's buzz phrases , if you can call it that - building a shared future mankind . You see the slogan posters bus stops and attached walls around the city . It's propaganda videos state media too . We found a " Together " video online with smiling children , singing and dancing . It was released last month the government Xinjiang - the place where China denies it's committed genocide against its Uyghur minority . A former Olympian who is close US athletes this time told me why some them are nervous about " sharing " this moment . " I don't think a single athlete is going to speak the Games and nor do I think they should , " Noah Hoffman told the BBC . " If I were there I would be keeping my mouth shut . " The 32 - year - old skier represented the USA 2014 and 2018 . Now he advocates sportsmen and women . " The risk is just too great . . . this is a failure the International Olympic Committee , it's a failure leadership that athletes are this position , " he said when we spoke his base the US east coast . He said he's been talking teammates who are these Games and they've told him the build up experience is " nothing like what we've experienced " .