The United States will conduct a diplomatic boycott of the Winter Olympics in Beijing, a move almost certain to fray a badly damaged US-China relationship even further.
“The Biden administration will not send any diplomatic or official representation to the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympic Games, given the PRC’s ongoing genocide and crimes against humanity in Xinjiang and other human rights abuses,” White House press secretary Jen Psaki said on Monday.
“The athletes on Team USA have our full support. We will be behind them 100 per cent as we cheer them on from home,” she said. “We will not be contributing to the fanfare of the games.”
Before the announcement, China’s foreign ministry said earlier on Monday that there would be “resolute countermeasures” if the US went ahead with a diplomatic boycott, though it did not specify what those might be.
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