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The United States and Australia have joined Britain in boycotting the Beijing Olympics because of China's record of human rights abuses.
Athletes walk during the "Heroes of the Games" segment during the Closing Ceremony at the Rio 2016 Olympics.
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The U.K. will follow the US in boycotting the Winter Olympics in Beijing in 2022, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Wednesday.
British athletes will still take part in the games, Johnson said, adding that his administration doesn't believe sporting boycotts are a sensible measure.
The US was the first country to announce a boycott of the Olympics, saying that the government wouldn't send officials because of the ongoing genocide in the region.
The Prime Minister of Australia told journalists on Wednesday that the country would only send athletes and no officials to Beijing over China's "human rights abuses in Xinjiang" and other issues.
Chinese officials have slammed the diplomatic boycotts as "political posturing and manipulation" and a "stain on the spirit of the Olympic charter," as Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said Tuesday in response to the Biden administration's boycott announcement. The Chinese government denied that there was genocide in the region. The Chinese government is in violation of the United Nations' Genocide Convention, according to an investigation by a non-partisan Washington, D.C. think tank.
What to watch for.
Which countries will join? The European Union may launch a collective diplomatic boycott according to France. The French presidential office released a statement saying that the countries are concerned about what is happening in Xinjiang and that they will coordinate at European level.
The key background.
China has faced sanctions worldwide because of its treatment of the Uighur people. The U.S. officials take issue with China's use of a national security law to undermine the independence of Hong Kong. The U.S. took issue with China's attempts to integrate the Tibetan people. The boycott of the Olympics has bipartisan support.
Australia joined the U.S. in boycotting the Beijing Olympics.
The U.S. Olympic boycott is called aDiplomatic Boycott.
Pelosi wants a boycott of the Beijing Olympics over China's human rights violations.
