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Reuters
Reuters
Politics
Alasdair Pal and Iain Axon

Olympics-India won't send diplomat after Games 'politicized' by China

Staff members pose in front of Olympics Rings outside the National Stadium, also known as the Bird's Nest, ahead of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, in Beijing, China February 3, 2022. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu

India said on Thursday it would not send its top diplomat in China to the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics, after a Chinese soldier wounded in border clash between the countries carried the symbolic torch.

Among the bearers in the Olympic torch relay that began on Wednesday was Qi Fabao, a People's Liberation Army regimental commander who was seriously wounded during a 2020 border clash with Indian troops that killed four Chinese soldiers.

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