By Karolos Grohmann BEIJING (Reuters) – Athletes considering staging political protests during the Beijing 2022 Winter Games will have to negotiate the International Olympic Committee’s Rule 50 which originally banned such behaviour but now offers more freedom. They will also have to abide by the law in Communist Party-ruled China, which has rejected accusations in the West of rights abuses in Tibet, Xinjiang, Hong Kong and elsewhere and comes down hard on dissent. “Any expression that is in line with the Olympic spirit I’m sure will be protected,” Yang Shu, deputy director general of Beijing …