Regarding the Beijing Olympics to be held next year, the United Kingdom and Canada have also announced that they will not send government officials.
China strongly opposes the series of statements of "diplomatic boycott", saying that it "remarkably violates the principle of political neutrality of sports in the Olympic Charter."
Britain's Prime Minister Johnson said in the House of Representatives yesterday that he would "become a de facto diplomatic boycott" after stating that he would not send ministers or government officials to the Beijing Olympics next year. ..
Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau also announced on the 8th that he would not send government officials to the Beijing Olympics and Paralympics next year.
The prime ministers of both countries have expressed concern about China's human rights issues.
The "diplomatic boycott" has already been announced by Australia following the United States.
In each country, the team will be dispatched as scheduled.
China has strongly opposed the series of statements of "diplomatic boycott", saying that it "remarkably violates the principle of political neutrality of sports in the Olympic Charter."
Furthermore, he has indicated to the United States that he will take countermeasures, although the specific details have not been disclosed.