The Beijing Winter Olympics that opened on Friday got off to a discordant start with major democracies choosing a diplomatic boycott of the event to protest against China’s human rights abuses. Within the Asian context, this has been exacerbated by India’s decision to officially distance itself from the Games.The trigger was China’s decision to include a People’s Liberation Army soldier wounded in the June 2020 border clash in Ladakh in the opening ceremony. A terse Indian foreign ministry…
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