Morrison said it should come as no surprise that Australian officials would boycott the event after the nation's relationship with China had broken down over recent years. “I’m doing it because it’s in Australia’s national interest,” he said. “It’s the right thing to do.”
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He said Australian athletes would still compete. Rights groups have pushed for a full-blown boycott of the games, accusing China of rights abuses against ethnic minorities.
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The U.S. and Australian decisions fall short of those calls but come at an exceptionally turbulent time for international relations and have been met with a barrage of criticism from China.
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They actually have a decent bobsledder, Breanna Walker. But this is a diplomatic boycott, so the athletes still go.
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Do we, Australia, have remotely a chance at a medal at the games?
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I’m not Australian so I genuinely don’t know, what winter sports do you guys even play

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Lol, not one country has the moral courage to outright boycott the games being hosted by a country in the midst of committing genocide and that was also largely responsible for the origins of the pandemic.
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A diplomatic boycott is the government's answer to doing "something" without doing anything actually substantive.
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