The Australian government has announced that it will not send government officials to the Beijing Olympics next year.
It is the second country after the United States to announce a "diplomatic boycott" for the Beijing Olympics.
Australian Prime Minister Morrison told reporters yesterday that he would not send government officials to the Beijing Olympics next year.
Prime Minister Morrison said that the Chinese government has various problems such as human rights violations in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. "It is natural that government officials do not participate."
Regarding the Beijing Olympics, the Biden administration of the United States announced on the 6th that it will do a "diplomatic boycott" without dispatching government officials, and the Australian government is in line with its ally America.
Regarding the relationship between Australia and China, China strongly opposed the idea that an independent investigation is needed to clarify the source of the new coronavirus last year, but China produced Australian agricultural products. It has been chilled due to restrictions on imports such as.