UPDATED: One day after President Joe Biden announced the U.S. would not send diplomats to the Beijing Olympics in February, Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian responded. “The U…
has the rights to the games, and it was not immediately clear how the announcements would impact production plans, if at all. The boycott will certainly increase scrutiny of NBCU’s coverage of the games.: The U.S. will not send diplomats to the Winter Olympic Games in Beijings as a protest of human rights abuses, although U.S. athletes will still compete.
Last month, Sen. Tom Cotton called for a full boycott of the games, and called the Biden administration’s action a “half measure.” Sen. Bob Menendez , the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said in a statement that “this boycott is a necessary step to demonstrate our unwavering commitment to human rights in the face of the Chinese government’s unconscionable abuses.”
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