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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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