- Thursday 30 June 2022
France has no plans to join a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, President Emmanuel Macron said. Macron said the move would be insignificant and merely symbolic. The US, UK, Canada, and Australia have said they will not send government representatives to the February games because of concerns over China's human rights record. This includes allegations of abuse against Uyghurs and other minorities.