Australia, Britain to join diplomatic boycott of Beijing Olympics

Australia and Britain will not send government officials to next year's Beijing Olympics, the two country's prime ministers said Wednesday, joining the United States in a diplomatic boycott of the Winter Games.Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison told reporters in Sydney he decided to bar officials from attending as his government has been rebuffed in its attempts to discuss with China its alleged human rights abuses in its far-western Xinjiang region, as well as various other issues of concern.British Prime Minister Boris Johnson also said later Wednesday his government is not sending …READ FULL ARTICLE