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EU hesitates over possible Olympic boycott in China
France and the Netherlands are seeking to find a common European Union approach over a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Olympic Games in China but any decision is unlikely to be reached soon, diplomats and foreign ministers said on Monday.
The bloc is torn over whether to join the United States, Canada, Australia and Britain in deciding not to send their government officials to the Beijing Winter Games in February due to concerns over China's human rights record.
"You know as well as I do that we will not find a solution regarding the Olympic Games today or this...
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