The boycott is confirmed. US To Send Diplomatic Representatives To Beijing 2022 Olympic And Paralympic Winter Games Due To “Ongoing Genocide And Crimes Against Humanity In Xinjiang” Against Uyghur Muslims, White House Says Monday.
By being present, “the American diplomatic representation would treat these Games as if nothing had happened, despite the gross human rights violations and China’s atrocities in Xinjiang. And we just can’t do that, ”said White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki.
This decision is above all symbolic: it will have no impact on the sports delegation. “If the United States wants at all costs to do things its way, China will take firm countermeasures,” Beijing had assured a few hours earlier.
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