BREAKING: The US will stage a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, the White House says. While no US government officials will attend, US athletes will still be allowed to compete.
for three weeks after making sexual assault allegations against a former senior official of the Chinese Communist Party.A diplomatic boycott is seen by some as the best way to hold China to account without punishing athletes who have been training for the games for years., Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, said that prohibiting American athletes from competing would be"unfair" and"counterproductive."China on Monday warned that it would take “resolute countermeasures” to any boycott.
“The Winter Olympics is not a stage for political show and political manipulation,” said Zhao Lijian, a spokesman China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. A boycott would be “a naked political provocation, and a serious offense to the 1.4 billion Chinese people.”
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