- 23 April, 2024
Geopolitics & National SecurityBeijing 2022
U.S. lawmakers call for U.N. Uyghur rights report before China’s Olympics
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers on Tuesday urged the United Nations' human rights office to release its assessment of China's policies in Xinjiang before next month's Beijing Winter Olympics, which…
Poland’s president to attend Beijing Olympics amidst U.S. boycott
WARSAW (Reuters) -Poland's President Andrzej Duda will attend the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics and meet Chinese President Xi Jinping, a top aide confirmed to Reuters on Tuesday, as a number…
Netherlands won’t send diplomatic group to Beijing Olympics
THE HAGUE (Reuters) - The Netherlands will not send an official diplomatic delegation to the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics because of COVID-19 restrictions, a foreign ministry spokesperson said Friday. "Because…
French minister says no diplomatic boycott for Beijing Olympics
PARIS (Reuters) -France will not follow the lead of some other Western governments and launch a diplomatic boycott of the Winter Olympics in Beijing although human rights abuses in China…
Canada to join diplomatic boycott of Olympics to send China human rights message -PM
By David Ljunggren OTTAWA (Reuters) -Canada will join its allies in a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing in February to send China a message over its…
Australian government officials will not attend Beijing Olympics, PM says
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian government officials will not attend the Winter Olympics to be held in Beijing next year, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Wednesday, joining the United States with…
U.S. wants private sector to operate with full information about China’s Xinjiang
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department on Monday said it wants the private sector to operate with full information about what is transpiring in Xinjiang, after the U.S. said…
Japan’s foreign minister says China invited him for visit
By Kevin Buckland TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi said on Sunday he has been invited to visit China. Hayashi said in an interview on Fuji TV that…
UK considering diplomatic boycott of Winter Olympics in Beijing: The Times
(Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is considering a diplomatic boycott of the Winter Olympics in Beijing next year in protest at China's record on human rights, the Times…
Factbox-Top pain points between U.S. and China as Xi, Biden meet
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden will hold an online meeting on Monday with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, the most extensive leader-level talks between the two nations under the…
Rights group urges Beijing Games sponsors to press China on Xinjiang
BEIJING (Reuters) - New York-based Human Rights Watch on Friday criticised corporations sponsoring the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics for ignoring what it says are China's crimes against humanity in its…
Olympics-Beijing Games organisers receive flame amid calls for boycott
By Karolos Grohmann ATHENS (Reuters) -Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics organisers on Tuesday received the Olympic flame at a heavily-guarded Panathenaic stadium in central Athens as human rights activists called on…
