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Japan says will not send government delegation to Beijing Olympics

Japan announced Friday it won't send a delegation of ministers to represent the government at the Beijing Games

Japan planning not to send senior officials to Beijing Olympics: Report

The Japanese government has said it is not planning to send Cabinet ministers and other senior officials to the 2022 Beijing Olympics

China puts 13 million residents in lockdown ahead of Winter Games

China is redoubling efforts to control new virus outbreaks with a lockdown of the 13 million residents of the northern city of Xi'an following a spike in coronavirus cases. The measure comes just weeks before the country hosts the Winter Olympics in Beijing, roughly 1,000 kilometers (6210 miles) to the west. There was no word on whether the virus was the newly surging omicron variant or the far more common delta. China has recorded just seven omicron cases four in the southern manufacturing center of Guangzhou, two in the southern city of Changsha and one in the northern port of Tianjin. China has also been dealing with a substantial outbreak in several cities in the eastern province of Zhejiang near Shanghai, although isolation measures there have been more narrowly targeted. Authorities have adopted strict pandemic control measures under their policy of seeking to drive new transmissions to zero, leading to frequent lockdowns, universal masking and mass testing. While the policy

'Terrible': Donald Trump speaks against boycotting 2022 Winter Olympics

Former US President Donald Trump has spoken against the idea of boycotting the 2022 Winter Olympics in China, saying such actions hurt the athletes.

Away we go: Delta to charter US athletes to Beijing Winter Olympics

The U.S. Olympic team's airline partner will charter a flight from Los Angeles to Beijing to bring about half the American athletes to the Winter Olympics.

As Beijing Olympics open, Uyghurs set to take rights case to court

China's treatment of its Uyghur minority could come before the courts in Argentina at about the same time that the Winter Olympics open on Feb 4 in Beijing

China dismisses UK, Canada's decision boycott Winter Olympics as 'farce'

China dismissed the decision by Canada and the United Kingdom to join Washington's diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games as a "farce"

Diplomatic boycott of Beijing Winter Olympics triggers deep freeze with US

East-West tensions spilling onto the turf of sports didn't raise many eyebrows as Washington announced a diplomatic boycott of the Winter Olympics

China dismisses UK and Canada's Olympic boycott decision as 'farce'

Under the diplomatic boycott, the countries will still send their athletes to compete

Justin Trudeau announces diplomatic boycott of Beijing Winter Olympics

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Beijing Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games

Canada joins US, allies in diplomatic boycott of Beijing Olympics: Trudeau

Trudeau said his government has been talks with allies about it in recent months

Australia joins US in diplomatic boycott of Beijing Winter Olympics

Australia will join the United States in a diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Winter Olympics over human rights concerns, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said Wednesday.

Australia announces diplomatic boycott of Beijing Winter Olympics

Australia has joined the US in announcing a diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Winter Olympics over concerns about human rights abuses in China.

Not foreseeing any situation to postpone Beijing Winter Olympics: Committee

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) does not foresee a situation in which it would be forced to postpone the upcoming Winter Olympic Games like it had to do in case of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

China says US diplomatic boycott of Winter Games violates Olympic spirit

China on Tuesday accused the United States of violating the Olympic spirit by announcing an American diplomatic boycott of February's Beijing Winter Games

US announces diplomatic boycott of 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing

The Biden administration has decided not to send an official US delegation to the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, said White House press secretary Jen Psaki

Beijing threatens retaliation if US boycotts 2022 Winter Olympics

China on Monday threatened to take "firm countermeasures" if the U.S. proceeds with a diplomatic boycott of February's Beijing Winter Olympic Games.

US to announce diplomatic boycott of Beijing Winter Olympics: Report

The Biden administration is expected to announce this week that no US government officials will attend the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games

UN General Assembly urges truce during winter Olympics in Beijing

The UN General Assembly urged all nations to observe a truce during the Beijing Winter Olympics starting in February

Taiwan calls for Winter Olympics boycott due to China's human rights abuses

Owing to China's human rights violation in Tibet, Xinjiang and Hong Kong, Taiwanese legislators from New Power Party have made a call to boycott the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics