China accused the US of violating the Olympic spirit by announcing an American diplomatic boycott of February’s Beijing Winter Games
"Diplomatic boycott sends a strong signal: governments refuse to give a green light to the Uyghur genocide," Omer Kanat, Uyghur Human Rights Project director said.
The US is attempting to interfere with the Beijing Winter Olympics “out of ideological prejudice and based on lies and rumors," Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian told reporters at a daily briefing on Tuesday. As he did the previous day, Zhao vowed that China would respond with “resolute countermeasures" but offered no details.His comments came amid a barrage of Chinese criticism of the announcement by the Biden administration on Monday.Reactions to the development, both countries and human rights activists, varied.
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