Nobody cares: China responds to Aussie boycott of Games
The Free Press Journal|December 09, 2021
China on Wednesday reacted sharply to Australia's decision to join the US diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, saying that it never planned to invite Australian officials and "nobody cares" whether they come or not.
Nobody cares: China responds to Aussie boycott of Games

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said in Canberra on Wednesday that the decision to join the US boycott was in response to "human rights abuses" in China's Muslim-majority Xinjiang province and "many other issues that Australia has consistently raised".

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