China warned Western nations on Thursday they would "pay the price" for a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics.
Advocacy groups have backed the boycott, with Human Rights Watch's China director Sophie Richardson calling it a "crucial step toward challenging the Chinese government's crimes against humanity targeting Uyghurs and other Turkic communities". International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach said Wednesday that he was staying politically neutral on the matter, while insisting the important point was "the participation of the athletes in the Olympic Games".All four of the boycotting Western countries have seen relations with Beijing cool dramatically in recent years.It angered Beijing last year by blocking Chinese tech giant Huawei's involvement in its 5G broadband rollout, after Washington raised spying concerns.
Australia's recent move to equip its navy with nuclear-powered submarines under a new defense pact with Britain and the United States -- widely seen as an attempt to counter Chinese influence in the Pacific region -- further angered Beijing.
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