Canada will continue to discuss with its partners a potential diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympic Games in Beijing, a foreign affairs spokesperson says, amid the recent disappearance of Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai.
"Canada remains deeply disturbed by the troubling reports of human rights violations in China," said Syrine Khoury, press secretary to Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly, in a statement to CTVNews.ca.— during a meeting with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at the White House — that he is considering a diplomatic boycott of the Olympic Games next year.
Trudeau said previously that Canada has had conversations with its partners and allies around the world about the Beijing Olympics. The whereabouts of Peng, 35, are currently unknown after the tennis player publicly accused Zhang Gaoli, 75, a former vice-premier who was a member of the ruling Communist Party's Politburo Standing Committee, of sexually assaulting her.
The post was quickly deleted from her verified account on the Chinese social media platform Weibo, although screenshots of her accusations have been shared online.
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