Beijing to take action against US boycott of Winter Games

The spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China said today (7) that the country will respond with "firm countermeasures" to the US diplomatic boycott of the Olympic Winter Games in Beijing, in 2022.

The spokesman referred to countermeasures but did not specify or provide details on China's possible response to Washington's diplomatic boycott.

The United States will send American athletes to the 2022 Winter Games, but the sports delegations will not be accompanied by diplomatic representatives.

According to the White House, it is a stand against human rights violations in China, especially in Xinjiang province.

"The attempt by the United States to disrupt the Beijing Olympics was taken on the basis of ideological prejudices, lies and rumors and which will reveal, in the eyes of all, the bad intentions of the United States," said Zao Lijian.

Meanwhile, the Beijing embassy in Washington said through messages broadcast on the social network Twitter that the boycott "only intends to politicize sport, create divisions and provoke confrontation," the embassy said.

These games will take place in February next year, in Beijing.

Text translated using artificial intelligence.