at 95, is looking back at his eventful life. eight in the morning and 7pm in washington where the white house has announced a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 winter olympics in beijing. it s is no official government delegation would be sent to the games because of concerns about china possible human rights record is. the pinnacle of sport is no stranger to politics. with two months remaining, the us has announced a diplomatic boycott saying it will not contribute to the fanfare or continue it is business as usual in front of china s egregious human rights record. of china s egregious human rights record. there were not send any rights record. there were not send any diplomatic- rights record. there were not send any diplomatic or - rights record. there were not send any diplomatic or visual| send any diplomatic or visual representation to the beijing 2022 olympics and paralympic games given the prc s ongoing genocide and crimes against humanity genocide and crimes against
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Headlines. the us announced the diplomatic boycott of the 2022 winter olympics because of china s record on human rights. china s record on human rights. china calls the boycott a pretentious act in says it s against the spirit of the games. we wa nt we want to bring you this story now where the prime minister has survived a no confidence motion in parliament after accusing the pacific island nation s most prosperous region being taiwan s agent. and attempting a coup. riots broke out in late november over the government policies followed by poverty, unemployment and reveries in the nation with 800,000 people. we can speak now to freelance artist from the solomon islands and says it is wonderful to have the programme. many will be wondering why in china and
Athletes were withdrawn. but not on that scale but it is making it a significant political point.- making it a significant political point. making it a significant olitical oint. ., , ., political point. peter, are you seeinr political point. peter, are you seeing other political point. peter, are you seeing other countries - seeing other countries following suit with their own diplomatic boycotts. it is diplomatic boycotts. it is . uite diplomatic boycotts. it is quite possible diplomatic boycotts. it is quite possible neither i diplomatic boycotts. it 3 quite possible neither the united states is taken this stance, that others will follow suit. we are not looking at, a lot of people looking at this and making this point and a lot of people in the sporting road do not like the fact that the olympics are used in some senses as a political tool, but the point is being made that whatever action is taken politically or diplomatically by the united states are potentially other countries
Which is really funded by the national government and they decided that they do not recognise china and they recognised taiwan and they were quite vocal about the issue. given everything that you described, the protest that we are seeing, is this all that is behind it? what else is driving the protests? the behind it? what else is driving the protests? behind it? what else is driving the protests? the china, taiwan issue is what the protests? the china, taiwan issue is what people the protests? the china, taiwan issue is what people are - issue is what people are focused about. the other issues mainly come back to indigenous rights of the solomon islanders and feeling that they become dictators in their homeland, the solomon islands, the customary land owned, meaning that people on the lands and extracting sectors, especially the logging industry which they felt they did not respect the