Dr. James Gomez, Regional Director of Asia Centre, was interviewed for a piece “Human Rights, Economic Ties Drive Decisions to Boycott – Or Not – 2022 Olympics” published on Voice of America on 4 February 2022. Opining as to why the winter Olympics has attracted many countries, despite some boycotting the game, Dr. Gomez said that most still look towards China as an indispensable market and source of funding, and as a result, they cannot publically distant themselves from China.
