.thereidout Blog: Chinese officials are fuming over President Biden's decision to stage a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.
The United States won’t send any government officials to the February games to protest “ongoing genocide and crimes against humanity in Xinjiang and other human rights abuses," White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Monday.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian on Tuesday called the boycott “contrary to the Olympic Charter Principle that sports should maintain political neutrality.” He vowed China would respond with “resolute countermeasures” but offered no details.President Joe Biden meets virtually with President Xi Jinping of China at the White House on Nov. 15.It seems the U.S.
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