China is dismissing the decision by Canada and the United Kingdom to join Washington’s diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games as a “farce.”
The U.S. will not send an official delegation to the Winter Olympics in Beijing early next year, with the White House citing China's human rights record.BEIJING -- China on Thursday dismissed the decision by Canada and the United Kingdom to join Washington’s diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games as a “farce.”
, while New Zealand said it informed Beijing earlier that it wouldn’t be sending any officials due to pandemic travel restrictions but had also communicated its human rights concerns.Wang said China had not extended invitations to the U.S., Canada or the U.K. and that it “doesn’t matter if their officials come or not, they will see the success of the Beijing Winter“Sports has nothing to do with politics," Wang said. “It is they who have written, directed and performed this farce.
China has vowed to respond to the U.S. with “firm countermeasures” over the boycott, but has given no details on how it plans to retaliate. Canada and others condemned what they called “hostage politics,” while China described the charges against Huawei and Meng as a politically motivated attempt to hold back China’s economic and technological development.
Earlier, French president Emmanuel Macron said he does not support a diplomatic boycott of the Games, but could reconsider after talks with other European countries. China that year staged a global torch relay that sparked violent confrontations along the route between opponents of the ruling Communists and the party's supporters. The relay has been canceled entirely this year.
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