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PM urged to back China Winter Olympics boycott

A Tory MP, who is currently subject to Chinese sanctions, has called on Boris Johnson to back a move to target China over human rights abuses.

Tim Loughton wanted his leader to back a 鈥渄iplomatic boycott鈥 of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing if its regime did not abide by 鈥渂asic international standards of decency鈥.

Boris Johnson said the UK has 鈥渓ed the world鈥 in condemning human rights abuses, but he was 鈥渋nstinctively against sporting boycotts鈥.

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