China’s economic coercion against Australia is lending fuel to calls for a boycott of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics.
In this Feb. 27, 2018, file photo, Chinese performers dance during a ceremony to mark the arrival of the Olympic flag and start of the flag tour for the Winter Olympic Games Beijing 2022 at a section of the Great Wall of China on the outskirts of Beijing.
Earlier this month, a motion in the Australian Senate by non-major party politically aligned Senators Jacqui Lambie and Rex Patrick proposed a boycott of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics on human rights grounds.
The motion was voted down, which was the expected result. The government of the day normally seeks to avoid sensitive foreign policy matters being handled through Senate motions.
Patrick later doubled down on
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