Even widely observed and repeated boycotts often have little effect
in Xinjiang. Australia followed suit, although both countries’ athletes will still take part. The Chinese government has dismissed the announcement as “pure political grandstanding”. Is America making an empty gesture? Or can boycotts be effective?A daily newsletter with the best of our journalismBoycotts are usually intended, at least in theory, to press governments into making some sort of political or social change—or to shame them. They rarely achieve much.
But sometimes boycotts can work. The most powerful endorsement of them comes from the anti-apartheid movement. For more than three decades, white-ruled South Africa was a sporting pariah. It was banned from all Olympics between 1964 and 1992 . And its participation in other sports such as rugby union and cricket was severely restricted. Many political scientists believe this sporting isolation contributed to the regime’s downfall.
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