The United States, Australia, Britain, and Canada have declared openly a diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Winter Olympics. Why diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Winter Olympics. And we will understand below and why this is significant for your IAS exam.
What is history of diplomatic boycott?
Six times so far boycott of Olympics. And last time in 1980 by the US for Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, more than 60 nations were denied to compete in the Moscow-held games. In counterattack for the U.S.-led boycott of the Moscow Games four years earlier, 14 nations, led by the Soviet Union and including East Germany, boycotted the Los Angeles-held Olympics in 1984.
Why did the US boycott the Winter Olympics 2022
In announcing the decision, Jen Psaki, the White House press secretary, mentioned “genocide and crimes against humanity” in Xinjiang, in western China.
And The Chinese government has cracked down severely on Uyghurs and other predominantly Muslim ethnic minorities in that region, including mass detentions and forced use of contraception and sterilizations.
Calls for an Olympic boycott sharpened after Peng Shuai, a Chinese tennis star, accused a former top government official of sexually assaulting her. References to her accusation were quickly washed from the internet in China.
This boycott is only for diplomates not for athletes
Although the opposition between the nations may make for some anxious moments for the American delegation in Beijing. But American athletes are to travel to China and compete in their events as scheduled.
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