theBreaker.news Podcast: Five-ring circus controversy in Japan and China

May 30, 2021 00:30:12
theBreaker.news Podcast: Five-ring circus controversy in Japan and China
theBreaker.news Podcast
theBreaker.news Podcast: Five-ring circus controversy in Japan and China

May 30 2021 | 00:30:12

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Show Notes

For the week of May 30, 2021: 

Should the Tokyo Olympics be postponed or cancelled?

Should the Beijing Winter Olympics be moved or boycotted?

The future is now for the five-ring circus. On this edition, host Bob Mackin ponders the pandemic in Japan and China’s human rights abuses. Guests Dave Olson in Okayama, Japan and Ivy Li of the Canadian Friends of Hong Kong.

Plus Pacific Rim and Pacific Northwest headlines.

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