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US plans for the Olympic diplomatic boycott; China threatened to reply

US plans for the Olympic diplomatic boycott; China threatened to reply
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WASHINGTON / Beijing: China will take “countermeasures” in protests against US diplomatic boycott planned from the Olympics if necessary, the Beijing Foreign Ministry said on Monday.
The Biden government is expected to announce on Monday that US government officials will not attend 2022 Olympics in Beijing, a source familiar with the situation on Monday confirms previous reports by CNN and NBC.
Diplomatic boycott, which has been driven by several members of the US Congress for weeks, will not affect American athletes.
President Joe Biden said last month that he was considering diplomatic boycott to protest Chinese human rights records, including what Washington said.
genocide against minority Muslims.
The White House and the State Department refused to comment.
Those who call for boycott are “magnificent” and must stop “so as not to affect dialogue and cooperation between China and the United States in important fields”, said Zhao Lijian, spokesman for the Chinese Foreign Ministry.
“If the US insists on intentionally sticking.
For its course, China will take firmly,” he said at a press conference.

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