boycotts. many of them have actually achieved anything of note, anything tangible. nick: jules, is it likely this kind of more subtle approach could work, could apply pressure on the chinese government? is it likely to make any difference? >> i would first just say china boycotted the 1980 olympics in the soviet union as well, and also china boycotted in 1964, the tokyo games. all of a sudden, they're very much changed their tune in saying these days that the olympics should not be political. they were very political for china back in that timeframe. in terms of moving forward, i think what is interesting to keep an eye on is will countries expand the diplomatic boycott to an athlete boycott? athletes are very much in the middle on this one. if you think about that, who put them there? the international olympic committee put the athletes in this very difficult position. if athletes were to lead a boycott in beijing, which i do don't anticipate but could be a building, that could be effective. i

it is . uite diplomatic boycotts. it is quite possible _ diplomatic boycotts. 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, it is not going to affect the nature of the games themselves in the sporting activities. although china clearly as you refer to are protesting distancing that the games should not be used to essentially make political points like this, i think manipulation was the expression that they use. russell came from china that look, the stage, american diplomats had not even been invited to the games. almost playing down the american action. you can get much more on that story at bbc that comports the snooze, including a look at how china has been pr

i think the sianal diplomatic boycotts send? i think the signal is _ diplomatic boycotts send?l is the _ diplomatic boycotts send? i think the signal is the united _ diplomatic boycotts send? i think the signal is the united states i diplomatic boycotts send? i think| the signal is the united states are not backing down over its long—held belief that they should be held accountable over human rights abuses, oppression over the uighur muslims and there has been considerable pressure in washington on the white house from both parties, the democrats and republicans and there's been support that the us should be taking this stance and they should not be heading to the olympics — partisan support. to a large extent, it is nothing on the scale of the 1980 boycott of the moscow games which was protests of the soviets invasion of afghanistan the year earlier and athletes were withdrawn. thatcher but not on that scale but making a very significant political point. peter, do you see other countries following suit with their own diplomatic boycotts? it’s following suit with their own dipl

president joe biden said that he was considering the boycott which won't affect u.s. athletes going to beijing. china has been warning of unspecified counter measures adding that the games are not a stage for political posturing. [speaking foreign language] >> the winter olympics are held once every four years the protagonists will be athletes from various countries not individual politician. those politicians who claim a political boycott are hyping things up nobody cares where they come or not and lit have no influence on beijing's sucks is in hosting the winter olympics. >> in its response, the international olympic committee says it respects in government's decision about whether or not to send officials. let's hear from our correspondent who explains what's behind the biden administration's decision. kimberly: under pressure from some human rights activists, the biden administration has announced on monday that it is participating in a diplomatic boycott of the winter olympics set to begin in february in beijing. the united states saying that it is concerned abou

, ., , boycott? well, as boycotts go, this is a re boycott?d _ boycott? well, as boycotts go, this is a pretty mild one, _ boycott? well, as boycotts go, this is a pretty mild one, i _ boycott? well, as boycotts go, this is a pretty mild one, i would - boycott? well, as boycotts go, this is a pretty mild one, i would say. i is a pretty mild one, i would say. they normally send vice presidents to the opening ceremonies of things like this. joe biden himself has beenin like this. joe biden himself has been in the past. but of course, the athletes will be going, unlike the american boycott of the russian games back in 1980. so it is not as severe as that. what it is is a response to unusual cross—party pressure here for something to be done about chinese abuse of human rights as they would see it, particularly in respect of the uighurs in the west and a democracy activist in hong kong. so that is where the pressure on the administration is coming from. having said all that, of course, china says that this is purely pretentious act, it is the wash

~ �* , boycotts? well, there's quite possible- _ boycotts? well, there's quite possible.e's quite possible. now that _ boycotts? well, there's quite possible. now that the - boycotts? well, there's quite | possible. now that the united states has ta ken possible. now that the united states has taken this stance that others will follow suit. we're not looking at and i think a lot of people in the sporting world are making this point, a lot of people in the sporting world don't 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 or potentially other countries, it isn't going to affect nature the games themselves and the sporting activities, although china clearly, as you referred to, are protesting the sensing game shouldn't be used to, essentially, make political points. we're also hearing from china saying simply, look, at stage american diplomats haven't even been invited to the games. almost playing down the games. almost playing down the american ac

into a potential athlete boycott? athletes are very much in the middle on this one. and if you think about it, who put them there, the international olympic committee put the athletes in this very difficult position. if athletes were to lead a boycott in beijing, which i don't anticipate, but it's certainly a possibility that could be extraordinarily powerful and effective if governments as what happened in 198-1084 decided not to send their athletes. that could be a real done after all, here in the united states and other countries where athletes did not go to the olympics. there's a real sour taste in the mouth. you have numerous olympians with asterisks next to their names and they're feeling pretty crummy about it. and they've been quite vociferous about feeling crummy about it. and so i don't anticipate that, but the diplomatic boycott that we see in place allows for countries to prevent china from engaging what we call these days sports washing using these big sports mega bands to try to launder your internation

speaking before the boycott was confirmed, china's foreign ministry condemned any form of boycott soon. are you sure you knew the winterly.

speaking before the boycott was confirmed, china's foreign ministry condemned any form of boycott. sonya is hook sure, you know? yeah, i mean the winter olympics are held once every 4 years as a rare opportunity for athletes. the protagonist of the beijing winter olympics will be athletes.

speaking before the boycott was confirmed, china's foreign ministry condemned any form of boycott sunni, are you sure you knew? yeah, i met the winter olympics held once every 4 years as a rare opportunity for athletes. the protagonists of the beijing winter olympics will be athletes from various countries. not individual politicians. those politicians who clamor for a boycott for political self interest, or just showing off and i ping things up. nobody cares whether they come or not. and it will have no influence on beijing success in hosting the winter olympics, missouri, our white house correspondent, kimberly how can explains what's behind the by the administration's decision under pressure from some a human rights activists sand, even members of congress, the biden administration has announced on monday that it is participating in a diplomatic boycott of the winter olympics set to begin in february in beijing. the united states saying that it is concerned about china's human rights abuses, particularly when it comes to the treatment of chinese muslims, known as wiggers. the u. s. h

what we're _ boycott,. we not lecturing. what we're doing _ boycott,.cott,. we not lecturing. - what we're doing something the us has always done, which is stand up for human rights. but china strongly denies the human rights abuse claims. it calls the boycott is a smear campaign and so the officials hadn't even been asked to come in the first place. even been asked to come in the first place-— first place. china has not invited any _ first place. china has not invited any australian . invited any australian government officials to attend the winter olympics, and no—one would care about whether they came or not. the australian politicians�* political posturing and hyping for their own political interests will have no impact whatsoever on beijing�*s successful hosting of the olympic games. find beijing's successful hosting of the olympic games.— the olympic games. and the international _ the olympic games. and the international olympic - the olympic games. and the - international olympic committee would prefer people to focus on athletes, not politics. ir

not a full boycott but a boycott that would have u.s. government officials not attending the opening ceremonies of the upcoming games. u.s. lawmakers have been demanding a diplomatic boycott over human rights concerns over china including the charge that china vehemently denies of committing genocide agains t we gars and they had been weighing a diplomatic boycott. china has been condemning the calls for boycott calling it a malicious hype. the issue was raised today in the last hour or so. we heard this from the spokesman. they will bring up a statement for you. quote, the u.s. should stop politicizing sports and hyping up the so called diplomatic boycott so as not to affect china/u.s. dialogue and cooperation in areas. they dhauld a grave offense to 1.4 billion chinese people and he mocked american politicians for being, quote, totally mockish, sensationalist and politically manipulative as china had yet to invite the united states officials to the beijing games. >> still to come, new details released by the michigan school system wher

is announced . diplomatic boycott and paintings. winter olympics, accusing china of genocide in the treatment of muslim wiggers, american athletes will still compete on the games. china described to me with political manipulation, south africa's presidents, as again criticized sweeping travel bands and placing this country because of the parents are accused. western governments are failing to deliver it to new york city will soon make it 19 vaccinations. compulsory for all workers in the private sector, it is the most sweeping corona far as related measure of any state or big u. s. more now on the u. s. diplomatic boycott or the paging winter olympics, it's been now from michael swain, his director of the east asia program, the quincy institute. he says, the boy coach will not force any change in china. i think it will have virtually now are, are 0 impact on, on their policies and she job and or their policies in hong kong. although i think that the justification for this kind of an action by the united states or, or something somew

there should be other| actions beyond the diplomatic boycott.rnment will pass the uyghur forced labour acts to ban forced labour acts to ban forced labour acts to ban forced labour is coming to the us, we hope eu governments also do the same and there should be sanctions against chinese government officials and the chinese companies committing the human rights violations. it is the first step. and do you think that other countries effectively step in line with the us? ~ 4' effectively step in line with the us? ~ ~ ., the us? well, i think there are already momentum _ the us? well, i think there are already momentum is - the us? well, i think there are already momentum is in - the us? well, i think there are already momentum is in the i already momentum is in the country. the community wants the government to do that. thank you very much indeed, joining us there from new york. out of a scheduled video call between the russian and american presidents, a senior us official has a joe biden will want vladimir putin of severe economic consequences if

the united states is announced a diplomatic boycott of next year's winter olympics. in china, the measure will not affect u. s. athletes competing at the games in beijing, china's accused the u. s. of grandstanding the u. s. as it will warn russia of severe economic consequences if it invades ukraine, it said to be the main subject in a virtual summit between presidents, joe biden, and vladimir putin. and a court men ma has given the country's deposed civilian leader and some sushi, a 4 year prison sentence, they to reduce to tune with a partial, pardon rescuers searching for survivors from a volcanic eruption in indonesia being hampered by bad weather. and further clouds of hot ash so far 20 people 22 people are confirmed dead and 27. a missing gillian wolf has more. ah, scouring through the rubble ploughing through volcanic debris that has now begun to harden the hope that these rescue workers might find survivors is diminishing by the hour. even for the lifeless bodies recover beneath the rubble, a sense of relief among emergency crews and deliver to me. thank god

a majority voted against a boycott though an executive committee member of norway's f. a had said prior to the congress, you need a critical mass behind a black cotton, an opposition that calls for it in the country to v for says not boycotts, but rather, inclusion drives reform in a country. awarding the well kept. katara has opened the door for a social progress dare it says mother, look at that fee for president infant dino praises recent reforms, allegedly improving migrant workers rights and cotter is it dialogue instead of boycott that helps the way of, of changing the mind of the tutorial forties is to kind of bring them in my mind more into the phone and say look, if you like that if you like the work that we've given you and you want to host other things in the future olympics one day, then you have to be a bit more modern than you have to allow homosexuality am, etc, etc. there is reason to believe this won't work though china hosted in 2000 a summer olympics hopes for a high that the event would have an impact on human rights. there have things changed? well,

a majority voted against a boycott though an executive committee member of norway's f. a head said prior to the congress, you need a critical mass behind. a boy caught an opposition that calls for it in the country to be for says not boycotts, but rather inclusion drives reform in a country awarding the well kept katara has opened the door for a social progress there it says mother oak cut the fif of president infant dino praises recent reforms, allegedly improving migrant workers rights and katara is it dialogue instead of boycott that helps. the way of changing the mind of victoria authorities is to kind of bring them in my mind more into the phone and say, look, if you like that if you like that will what we've given you and you want to host other things in the future corners in picks one day, then you have to be a bit more modern and you have to allow homosexuality, am, etc, etc. there is a reason to believe that this won't work though china hosted the 2008 summer olympics hopes for high that the event would have an impact on human rights. there have things changed?

now we should point out, we've seen this type of boycott odd, actually it was a full boycott back in 1980. interestingly, when it involves russia, this is not going to be as punishing as that. instead, it will be the diplomatic boycott that will allow the united states athletes to participate and the white house press secretary says that those athletes will have the white house's full support. growing concerns of a new conflict and ukraine come to head on tuesday with a virtual summit between president joe biden and vladimir putin. oddness promising what his spokesman called enduring and meaningful costs. if the build up of russian troops, east of ukraine's border results in an invasion, routine has denied to an attack as planned, blaming nato for the need to position his military as a bo work against its expansion eastwards us intelligence experts say a russian invasion of ukraine could happen in just weeks if you, if you has claimed more key victories in its battle against rebels from to grey. the government says it taken back the strategically important towns of dessie and come bo

china calls that boycott a pretentious act and insists it is against the spirit of the games. new york's mayor says all private—sector workers in the city must be vaccinated against the coronavirus, the strictest mandate yet. more evidence is given in the trial of ghislaine maxwell, the woman accused of helping the disgraced financier, the latejeffrey epstein. and we talk to the hollywood legend mel brooks who, at 95, is taking stock of his extraordinary career. hello and welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. the white house has delivered as long expected salvo against china. it has announced a diplomatic boycott of the beijing winter olympic and paralympic games which are due to start next february. that move has been broadly moved welcomed across the political divide in the us, although it does only apply to diplomatic and political figures, not to the athletes themselves who have been given the white house seal of approval to take part. tanya dendrinos has this report. beijing 2022. as the snow settles, olympic venues are taking shape, but the pinna

the united states is a dance diplomatic boycott of china's winter olympics. it means no american government officials will attend, but there won't be an impact on athletes heading to the games. katia lip has audion as this political tensions between the us and china now playing out and next year's winter olympics and beijing u. s. presidential bite and said for weeks he was considering a diplomatic boycott of the games over china's human rights record, particularly would washington says as genocide against weaker muslims and she's young province, the biden administration will not send any diplomatic or official representation to the beijing 2022 winter olympics and paralympic games given the pierre scenes ongoing genocide and crimes against a humanity engine, john and other human rights abuses, the athletes on team usa have our full support. will be behind them 100 percent as we tear them on from home. oh, china is accused of detaining more than a 1000000 weaker muslims, and other minorities in camps were forced labor and civilization of women are allegedly c

senate would boycott the diplomatic boycott of the olympics.y're going ahead with a mode in the house -- vote in the house. shery: could the sanctions against russia be symbolic? >> we are hearing that the president may well edified that she decide to tell president -- the president may decide to tell president putin that he would consider that if they did invade ukraine. it would affect banks, it would not go as far as affecting their ability on the swiss payment system. they were not want to hurt the russian people who would need that ability to do their banking on a. . daily basis it could involve -- on a daily basis. it could affect some things. haidi: let us get you to the first word headlines. >> hong kong reported as planning to require restaurant diners to have at least one dose of a covid-19 vaccine. china morning post says only toward and under 12 and a medical conditions will be exempt. cases of the omicron variant, forcing returning travelers who spent 21 days in mandatory quarantine. new york city's bill de blasio is calling for th

olympic team and its athletes. 48% support for a diplomatic boycott and 60% support for a business boycott refusing to sponsor or the international olympic committee delaying and relocating the games. arkansas republican senator tom cotton had pushed for more from the white house saying it should go further. >> to mount a complete and total boycott of the beijing winter olympics. no athletes, no administration officials, no corporate sponsors. >> president jimmy carter went full boycott keeping american athletes home during the moscow 1980. called the boycott a half measure when bold leadership is required bret? >> mike, thank you. i spoke exclusively saturday with defense secretary lloyd austin at the reagan national defense forum in california. among other things, i asked the defense secretary about the rise in tensions with china and russia, whoer is a piece of that conversation. >> how concerned are you that russia, this time is not bluffing that they will, in fact, invade ukraine? >> we remain focused on this, bret. they have invaded before as we look what is going on before in the cy

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not a full boycott, but a boycott that would involve u.s.t officials not attending the opening ceremonies of the games due to kickoff in two months' time. this was expected because in the months leading up to the games, you had u.s. lawmakers on both sides of the aisle demanding a diplomatic boycott in response to human rights abuses in china, including charges china is committing genocide against uighurs and other muslim minorities in its western xinjun region china strongly denies. last month the u.s. secretary of state anthony blinken said he was talking to other countries around the world about the issue of olympic participation. the british prime minister has been actively weighing and considering the possibility of a diplomatic boycott. now, china has been repeatedly condemning these calls for a diplomatic boycott, calling them acts of malice, saying that this is something that's politicizing sport at a time that sports shouldn't be politicized. i want to bring up a recent statement for you that came out last week from the ministry of

it has another diplomatic boycott of the games charger to start next february.ove has been broadly moved welcomed across political divide in the us although does only apply to diplomatic and political figures, not to the athletes themselves who have been given the white house seal of approval to take part. beijing 2022. as the snow settles, olympic venues are taking shape, but the pinnacle of sport is no stranger to politics. with two months remaining, the us has another diplomatic boycott, saying it won't contribute to the fanfare, nor pretend it is measures —— business as usual in the face of china's egregious human rights record. the biden administration will not send any diplomatic or official representation to the beijing 2022 winter olympics and paralympic games given the prc�*s ongoing genocide and crimes against humanity in xinjiang and other human rights abuses. there is precedent here, but the move falls short of the 1980 us—led boycott of the moscow games where team usa athletes were pulled from the competition. the athletes will be participating, we

so, i fully support the diplomatic boycotts and i am pleased we did not extend that to a boycott of the athletes. i believe that the olympic games are an opportunity to try to at least expand friendship, and goodwill around the world, that is what they were intended to do for the last 100 years, so these athletes have trained hard and can still be ambassadors for goodwill across the world and from the united states. and the diplomatic boycott is certainly appropriate. host: ukraine, president biden set to hold the high-stakes call today, what does he need to say? guest: i think he needs to say that the united states is firm and its resolve to ensure that the -- that russia will not expand further into the ukraine, and will not violate ukraine's territorial integrity more than they have because we know that they already have, and that we will be ready to defend our nato allies even though ukraine is not a nato ally. i think it is important that we demonstrate will, and i think it is also important that we convey that we will fully support the ukrainians, whether it is advisors or equipme

china hits back at america's diplomatic boycott of the winter olympics, saying it is not in the spirit of the games. president biden will hold video talks with vladimir putin later as fears grow of a potential russian invasion of ukraine. new covid travel rules come into force. the people arriving into force. the people arriving in the uk. in response to the omicron variant. and rebel with a cause. the australian actress court —— talked to the bbc about fame, fertility and food. all i did wasjust about fame, fertility and food. all i did was just lose £80. and like, the attention that gets... it and like, the attention that nets. .. , and like, the attention that nets... , and like, the attention that gets- - -_ it - and like, the attention that gets. . ._ it is - and like, the attention that| gets. . ._ it is way gets... it is insane. it is way more. good to have you with us. the white house has delivered its long salvo of china announcing a boycott of the beijing limbic and paralympic games in protest at the country's human rights record. the move has been broadly welcomed across the

is it dialogue instead of boycott that helps? the way of changing the mind of victoria authorities is to kind of bring them in my mind more into the phone and say, look, if you like that if you like that will. we've given you and you want to host other things in the future on our lympics one day. then you have to be a bit more modern and you have to allow homosexuality em, etc, etc. there is reason to believe that this won't work though china hosted the 2008 summer olympics hopes for a high that the event would have an impact on human rights. there have things changed? well, they have gotten worse beat for the oppressed muslim we go to minority or for civil rights activists in hong kong. back in germany, these football creative students can be bothered about guitar 2022. they will organize their own world cup with 16 amatory teams from around the world when smithy about this steve, in dought, mentalism recently created by the time for food could angry by managed in dublin management taylor from the my. this is miss dust us. and w

those politicians who clamor for a boycott for political self interest are just showing off and like things up, nobody cares whether they come or not. and they will have no influence on beijing success in hosting the winter olympics. many were sick of me. how did the white house press secretary justify this move? yeah, well this is something that's been called for by not only humans rights, human rights activists and even members of congress. but there's been great concern around the world about some of the human rights practices or lack thereof in china . and so this was an opportunity to kind of send a statement, so there has been a real pressure on the by to ministration to do a full boy caught of beijing 2022. and then what we've learned from the white house press secretary is the white house will allow us athletes to go and to participate starting in february, but they will have in place a diplomatic boycott. what does that mean? that means that no u. s. government officials will be present or any other sort of formal dignitaries . it's designed to put in place and send a very s

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correct, and i think— diplomatic boycott? correct, and i think we _ diplomatic boycott?iplomatic boycott? correct, and i think we need to - diplomatic boycott? correct, - and i think we need to remember that this sort of controversy surrounding the winter olympics and olympics before that in china generally has been criticised for a long time. this is not new talk about the peng shuai story has really reignited that debate. we know that the olympics have been under the spotlight because of china's human rights abuses record, given rights organisations saying i shouldn't be hosting the games in the first place, and countries including the us and uk, chat around diplomatic boycott now, we have heard reports bubbling around that the amount that will be made by the amount that will be made by the by the station sometime this week so all eyes really on washington but what is the diplomatic actually mean —— the biden administration. it means no us government official could attend the olympics in beijing but the idea behind that is to send a clear message to china without affec

s. diplomatic boycotts of next year's beijing winter olympics, calling it a pretentious act. ah, hello there, i'm this tells you day, this is al jazeera life and her also coming up. u. s. president joe biden, and russia's vladimir person repairs a virtual summit as tensions remain higher of a conflict in ukraine. the u. s. is forced to resume a controversial trump era immigration policy that makes migrants weights in mexico while their cases are hard. and where we wanted vaccines, they just kept, you know, you bring us the crumbs from the table. so africa as president hits out at governments over their failure to deliver on promises of coven, 19 vaccines for africa. ah, now china is threatening firm counter measures against the u. s. after an announced a diplomatic boycott of next year's winter olympics, and beijing, american government officials will not be attending the event because of what they call human rights atrocities. and genocide, chinese embassy in washington has called that decision, a grave distortion of the olympic charter, who will have more reaction from beij

the a diplomatic job boycott is a matter for government. and she's saying for the united states government now got all the governments around the world are considering a diplomatic boycott. that is that way at the ambassador's will. and ministers of the country don't attend the games. it's entirely up to the government and not a matter for us as we up politically neutral and it's about the athletes. and the same for the i say we can now speak with a dr. wang when executive dean at the chung young institute for financial studies. now joining us live from beijing a very good evening to you. so how seriously should anyone take this diplomatic boycott? all these countries will still be sending that teams. so does it really amount to anything? well i think the, the so called boy cut off a baking re non previous period. pretty cool fast. it's a pretty cool performer this year by those are pretty sure it's a very ridiculous. beijing has never invited any officers on the us. you can australia, petite, painted, i mean the only piece, but they declar

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officials earlier this week that this is not a full boycott, but a diplomatic boycott, meaning governmentials won't be attending, let's say, the opening ceremonies of the beijing olympic games. we did hear from chinese ministry foreign affairs a couple hours ago. they accused australia of making this decision blindly following other countries without limit. it was on wednesday. earlier today when we heard from scott morrison, the australian prime minister who formally announced this diplomatic boycott a day or so after the u.s. made the announcement. he said the reason they made this decision was because of difficulties in reopening diplomatic channels with china to discuss human rights abuses in shin zhong and the tariffs. we heard from the olympic committee. this diplomatic boycott will not be impacting an estimated 40 australian athletes due to take part in the beijing winter olympic games that are kickoff in two months from now. we heard from china's embassy in australia. they wish the australian athletes good luck. they said they hope they have a, quote, excellent performance. they a

this is not a full boycott, of course.tes will still be free to participate, but a diplomatic boycott means government officials from these participating countries will not be sending officials to, let's say, the opening ceremonies of the olympic games which are due to kickoff two months from now. the united states formally announced its diplomatic boycott citing human rights abuses, the charge committing genocide, a charge china vehemently denies. they said the united states will pay the price and warned of resolute counter measures. a couple hours ago at the daily ministry of foreign affairs briefing, we heard from the spokesman that said all the countries, not just the united states, but all the countries taking place in this diplomatic boycott of the beijing games will be paying the price. take a listen to this. >> translator: the united states, australia, united kingdom and canada used the olympics for political manipulation. they cannot win the hearts of the people and are isolating themselves. they must also pay the

in 2028 when we boycott the l. a. a limbic i think i think president g has been watching president trump in order to learn how to troll people 1st when he called bite. and his friend, after the binding administration had denied it for 2 days. and that's a pure trump tweet, if ever there was one. i think the problem with china is that they have killed the golden goose, which is hong kong, and they're already seeing the impact internally of the lack of flow of economic revenue. and internally, china is really a 3rd world country and they're starting to feel the effects internally. that's dangerous for the world because that's how war start. well, and that's what he is in there. that's the issue right now. what i want on the side of it, obviously there's a lot of different issues more than just the olympics. which me back to the original question. is this going to help on some very serious, i get it. the athletes have worked hard for this, but holland is this can actually ratchet things up to where to find you guys. so w

s. boycott? well, i know just to, to ask, and you will give me some answers. joining me today on our panel is steve gil, who's a former u. s. t. r official, under bush and clinton, and our very own holland cook, host of the big picture right here. and as to the news on our to america fair project, thanks for joining me. there yeah, i know i to 2 big issues that we're dealing with here, steve, you're new on a says you kind of get picked on 1st. i apologize. i'm sorry you, it's president biden doing this just for the sake of fighting human rights violations. no, it's all about show he's trying to act like he's worried about human rights violations. because as you pointed out, the human rights violations have been tearing for a long time. and even during previous administrations, he's trying to look tough because he hasn't been tough and, and this kind of pho boycott isn't going to have any real impact on improving relations with china or improving our stature in defending relations with taiwan. wit

this is not a full boycott, but a boycott that would involve u.s. officials who would not attend the opening ceremonies of the games due to kick off two months from now. this was widely expected because for months now, we have heard from u.s. lawmakers on both sides of the aisle demanding a diplomatic boycott over human rights abuses in china, namely the charge that china is committing genocide against uighurs and other ethnic minorities in the western shin shang region, an allegation that china denies. secretary of state antony blinken just last month was talking about the issue of olympic participation with a number of other countries and that other world leaders, including the british prime minister, have been actively weighing and considering a diplomatic boycott. china has repeatedly condemned any notion of a diplomatic boycott, calling it malicious hype, calling it the p politi politicization. this is from a spokesman. he says the u.s. and a handful of countries make an issue out of the beijing winter olympic games and link their officials' at

speaking before the boycott was confirmed, china's foreign ministry condemned any form of boycott. soon. are you sure you knew the winter olympics? a held once every 4 years as a rare opportunity for athletes. the protectiveness of the beijing winter olympics will be athletes from various countries, not individual politicians. those politicians who clamor a boycott for political self interest, just showing off and i can things up. nobody cares whether they come or not, and it will have no influence on basing success in hosting the winter olympics. many government forces one more battlefield victories against rebels from the north, the, to grier people's liberation front or t p i left appears to be retreating and i'm not a far regions, but a spokesman says that it's according to their plan. security forces in sit out of use tear gas to this plus thousands of protests as in cost to demonstrate to say the private us to trade them by agreeing to have government dominated by military officials, leaders of nato allies, the u. s. the u. k. france, germany and italy have held a joint firm

i think the athletes should be allowed to compete, unlike the boycott in 1980. united states is going to do something about china running rampant with human rights abuses in its own territory and other parts of the country. amna: could they have sent a stronger message? sent a stronger boycott or coordinated with allies in advance so everyone could announce at the same time? is this the strongest message they could send? victor: there could have been a stronger message, but i think it is just about right. to coordinate a broader response would have taken a lot of time. two, it gives other countries and other leaders the opportunity to make their own choices rather than being cornered by the united states into making choices. it is going to be difficult choices. with regard to the athletes, i don't think that should affect the athletes. i think they should go and compete and try to win. the biggest tragedy of the 1980 boycott is that it accomplish nothing in terms of changing soviet behavior and ruined the lifelong ambitions of many athletes. i don't think we wan

a majority voted against a boycott though an executive committee member of norway's f. a had said prior to the congress, you need a critical mass behind a black cotton, an opposition that calls for it in the country to v for says not boycotts, but rather, inclusion drives reform in a country. awarding to well kept katara has opened the door for a social progress there. it says mother oak, cut out for president infant deano prayed his recent reforms, allegedly improving migrant workers rights and car. is it dialogue instead of boy caught that helps? the way of changing the mind of victoria authorities is to kind of bring them in my mind more into the phone and say, look, if you like that if you like that will. we've given you and you want to host other things in the future on picks one day, then you have to be a bit more modern and you have to allow homosexuality em, etc, etc. there is a reason to believe that this won't work though china hosted the 2008 summer olympics hopes for a high that the event would have an impact on human rights. there have things changed? well,

the year ago they were talking about an athlete boycott.lly that has been dropped. >> men mars rulers are facing -- myanmar's political rulers are facing condemnation, the u.s. secretary of state antony blinken said it was an affront to democracy and justice. it was called a violation of human rights. this is what the you in said. >> the trial was a sham trial controlled by military court. >> aung san suu kyi has been under house arrest since february. the trial took place in a small courtroom in a government building in the capital which was a military stronghold. these are stills from the trial. the sentence has been reduced to two years after partial pardon by the military, but she faces more charges. descendants could be just the beginning. reporter: the military government is trying to give an impression of lenicy by cutting the sentence, but as human rights groups have pointed out, the trials have's -- little similarity to what we consider a fair process. she has been kept in total isolation since the day she was arrested when the mil

not just a diplomatic boycott. i'm told by administration officials that was never a serious consideration leading into this. mostly because of the athletes. they believe athletes work their entire lives for this moment. they didn't want to take that away from them. they look back to the 1980 boycott of the moscow games and they don't believe history looked too kindly at that at this point in time. so the real question right now is will international partners follow? to some degree, one u.s. official told me the hope and expectation is that others will now that the u.s. has gone first. as one official told me, the u.s. is going to take the lead. they fully know china is going to respond in some way, shape, or form. they informed chinese officials of the action about an hour before the public announcement, erin. >> all right. thank you very much. phil mattingly. so let's go to shanghai and david culver. so, david, you know, we hear that there -- they are threatening some sort of countermeasures, right? and we layer