{"id":1100286,"date":"2021-12-08T20:43:29","date_gmt":"2021-12-09T01:43:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1100286"},"modified":"2021-12-08T20:43:32","modified_gmt":"2021-12-09T01:43:32","slug":"china-on-australia-joining-bidens-olympics-non-boycott-no-one-cares","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/china-on-australia-joining-bidens-olympics-non-boycott-no-one-cares\/","title":{"rendered":"China on Australia Joining Biden&#039;s Olympics Non-Boycott: &#039;No One Cares&#039;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fchina-on-australia-joining-bidens-olympics-non-boycott-no-one-cares%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1100286&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">China\u2019s Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Wednesday <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fmprc.gov.cn\/mfa_eng\/xwfw_665399\/s2510_665401\/2511_665403\/202112\/t20211208_10464208.html\">dismissed<\/a> reports that Australia plans to stage a \u201cdiplomatic boycott\u201d of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing in February as \u201cpolitical posturing\u201d by revealing \u201cChina hasn\u2019t invited any Australian government official\u201d to attend the Games and adding \u201cno one would care whether they come or not.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChina hasn\u2019t invited any Australian government official to attend the Beijing Winter Olympics. In fact, no one would care whether they come or not, and Australian politicians\u2019 political stunt for selfish gains has no impact whatsoever on the Olympics to be successfully held by Beijing,\u201d Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesman Wang Wenbin told Xinhua, China\u2019s official state-run press agency, at a regular press briefing December 8.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<div id=\"attachment_18408050\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" readability=\"34\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1229544819-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18408050\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1229544819-1.jpg\" alt width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin takes a question at the Foreign Ministry briefing in Beijing on November 9, 2020. (Photo by GREG BAKER\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2021-12-08\/australia-joins-diplomatic-boycott-of-beijing-winter-olympics\/100678660\">announced<\/a> on December 8, \u201cAustralian government officials would not be going to China for those Games.\u201d He referred to the 2022 Winter Olympics, which are scheduled to take place in Beijing from February 4 through February 20.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_18852354\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" readability=\"37\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2021\/11\/wi\/ap\/21\/virus-outbreak-australia-australian-prime-minister-scott-morrison-gestures-press-conference.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-18852354 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/virus-outbreak-australia-australian-prime-minister-scott-morrison-gestures-press-conference-1024x683-1.jpg\" alt=\"The Associated Press\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison gestures during a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, Monday, Nov. 22, 2021. (Lukas Coch\/AAP Image via AP)<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Canberra\u2019s revelation came one day after the U.S. government announced a so-called \u201cdiplomatic boycott\u201d of the Games <a href=\"https:\/\/2017-2021.state.gov\/determination-of-the-secretary-of-state-on-atrocities-in-xinjiang\/index.html\">citing<\/a> the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)\u2019s human rights violations, including the recent genocide of ethnic Uyghurs \u2014 a largely Turkic-speaking, Sunni Muslim group \u2014 in China\u2019s westernmost region of Xinjiang. Australia\u2019s government on Wednesday also cited the CCP\u2019s human rights violations as one of several reasons it chose to \u201cboycott\u201d the 2022 Winter Olympics.<\/p>\n<p>Diplomats and political figures do not traditionally compete in the Olympics Games, so their absence does not in any way disrupt the sports competitions \u2013 essentially making it impossible for them to \u201cboycott\u201d the event.<\/p>\n<p>Chinese politician Liu Xiaoming \u2014 who served as Beijing\u2019s longest-serving ambassador to the United Kingdom (U.K.) from 2010 to 2021 \u2014&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/china-ambassador-says-us-wasnt-even-invited-olympics-1656682\">responded<\/a> to Washington\u2019s declaration of an Olympic boycott on Monday by revealing that U.S. government officials, like those of Australia, were not invited to the 2022 Winter Olympics.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Winter Olympic Games is not a stage for political posturing and manipulation,\u201d the newly retired ambassador <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AmbLiuXiaoMing\/status\/1467999192262004738\">wrote<\/a> in a Twitter statement posted December 6.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUS politicians keep hyping a \u2018diplomatic boycott\u2019 without even being invited to the Games. This wishful thinking and pure grandstanding is aimed at political manipulation,\u201d Liu wrote.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>The governments of Canada and the U.K.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/china\/australia-joins-diplomatic-boycott-beijing-winter-games-2021-12-08\/\">followed<\/a> Australia on December 8 in announcing their own \u201cdiplomatic boycotts\u201d of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.<\/p>\n<p>Australia, the U.K., and the U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-58564837\">formed<\/a> a new security pact in September called AUKUS. The military bloc seeks to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/news\/united-states-agrees-to-share-nuclear-submarine-tech-with-australia\/\">deter<\/a> China\u2019s growing presence and influence in the Indo-Pacific region. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/news\/chinese-customs-singles-out-australian-rock-lobster-imports\/\">Trade<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/asia\/2020\/11\/06\/australia-charges-chinese-community-leader-foreign-interference\/\">political<\/a> tensions between Canberra and Beijing have increased in recent months. Prime Minister Morrison on Wednesday cited these issues as some of the reasons behind Australia\u2019s so-called \u201cdiplomatic boycott\u201d of the 2022 Winter Olympics.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have been raising a number of issues that have not been received well in China,\u201d Morrison told reporters December 8.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s been a disagreement between us on those matters,\u201d he acknowledged.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have always been open to meet with the Chinese government to talk about their concerns, whether it\u2019s their concerns with our foreign interference legislation or other foreign investment rules where Australia takes a very strong stance standing up for Australia\u2019s interests,\u201d Morrison said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey [China] have been very critical of Australia in our efforts to ensure that we have a strong national defense force, particularly in relation, most recently, to our decision to acquire nuclear-powered submarines,\u201d the head of state noted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>China\u2019s Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Wednesday dismissed reports that Australia plans to stage a \u201cdiplomatic boycott\u201d of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing in February as \u201cpolitical posturing\u201d by &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1100286","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1100286","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/37"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1100286"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1100286\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1100286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1100286"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1100286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}