News about the Olympics has mostly focused on whether the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo will be rescheduled in 2021 or be canceled again due to the pandemic. But an increasing number of people around the world are now looking further into the future. They’re talking about a possible boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing due to allegations of human rights abuses across China. The World’s Bianca Hillier reports.
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