Australia joins US diplomatic boycott of Beijing Olympics • FRANCE 24 English

#Australia will not send officials to February's Winter #Olympics in #Beijing, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Wednesday, joining a US diplomatic #boycott of the Games. Canberra's decision comes as discord with #China over a slew of issues that has plunged relations into the most serious crisis since the Tiananmen Square crackdown in 1989.

[kingkang]

How are we guaranteeing the safety and human rights of our athletes when their very own Peng Shuai disappeared after sexual allegations against senior CCP official?

[zafir]

The US had no problem attending Olympics in Hitler's Germany.

[llieu]

Were they even invited in the first place…

[paulmcgrory]

I am boycotting having drinks with the lying Scott Morrison tomorrow night in Canberra. Yawn.

[pkga]

As a Hongkonger, I think this is an action that the whole world should take. Thousands of democracy supporters in Hong Kong have been imprisoned, including parliamentarians, social workers, doctors, lawyers, journalists and writers.

[davidhoran]

The US attended the 1936 Olympics no problem…

[mylife]

We all knew Aussie will follow it's master in Washington

[polynesianwarrior]

Free Julian Assange and Edward Snowden

[daddy]

Puppits from europe will follow too😀😀😀

[walkerpaulp]

US doing the right thing and Australia too

[trankt]

The IOC should relocate its competition venues to elsewhere and not continue to give Beijing legitimacy to carry on with its genocidal practice and human rights violation of organ harvesting of trumped-up charges against political prisoners, and that would be the right thing to do....

[denisby]

From Russia With Love .
From China With Happiness
And Prosperity .

[oceanwave]

Anglo countries were among those supporting/aiding Iraq invasion by the US in the first days. Only very later France and Germany joined the occupation. We see the pattern here...

[michaelprime]

People have voices we need use it. Do not silence us with your hollow threats and feeble weapons. You will fall. You are doing the right thing Australia. Way to go🙂👍

[xarakocomedy]

Sports and politics is same. Really democrazy it was fake

[wspy]

But did anyone factcheck if they were they invited at the first place?

[jonseilim]

Australia's Unilacteral Declaration of Dependance

[toyotaprius]

They can very well play their own virtue signaling games to themselves

[louisliu]

for a puppy of US, we can't expect nothing more from Australia

[honestrunescaper]

always injured innocence from the chinese side - will they investigate Peng Shuai's accusations against Zhang Gaoli?