FILE - A police officer wearing a face mask and goggles to protect against COVID-19, stands near a poster of a skier on the wall at a train station in Zhangjiakou in northern China's Hebei Province, Friday, Nov. 26, 2021. China is threatening to take “firm countermeasures" if the U.S. proceeds with a diplomatic boycott of February's Beijing Winter Olympic Games. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian on Monday accused U.S.
Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian accused U.S. politicians of grandstanding over the issue of not sending dignitaries to attend the events that China hopes will showcase its economic development and technological prowess. U.S. President Joe Biden has said he is considering a boycott, under which American athletes would still compete, and an announcement is expected this week. Supporters of such a step cite China’s poor record on human rights as justification, saying China is using the games to whitewash its ill treatment of civil rights activists, political dissidents and ethnic minorities.
Beijing has mounted a stiff response to all U.S. criticisms, denouncing them as interference in its internal affairs and slapping visa bans on American politicians it regards as anti-China.
Angry statement again and again
The Star of the Show are the Athletes , Not Bunches of Salty Political Mongering Muricans Politicians , Pure and Simple , The Games are Much Better Without Them
TomWong93767868 Boycott Olympics, but send the athlete to China? Don’t care athletes to be hostage? BoycottBeijing2022
when ppl did watch the Olympics, it was always the summer Olympics. no one cared about the winter Olympics. boycott China
America has more to lose with playing games,against China there are no human rights Atrocities like what happened to George Floyd and afterwards that .. For the insurrection it is all fraudulent and all a lie to support chaos for politics. America boycott from the Olympics
So you’re saying we actually got their attention?
China's 'firm countermeasures' lately have backfired catastrophically. The 'firm countermeasures' retaliating against Australia resulted in sweeping power outages, factory shutdowns, plunging GDP. Xi Jinping is masterful in shooting himself in the foot.
Just neglect them
Who cares about it. Why do they care if no gov rep from the USA attends. It’s for their own safety also. Make it about the athletes and not who attends politically.
China is currently engaged in the deliberate genocide of a religious minority. Their games should be boycotted. Their right to host the Olympic games should have been revoked when the world found out about their genocide of the Uyghurs (Uighurs).
Didn't a bunch of Chinese athletes recently test positive for doping?
Let thatbtennis star talk freely and verifybshe safe and won't be boycott but China can't cause she accused a high ranking govt official of rape and sexual assault
China continues to organ harvest from live humans. Boycott the Olympics.
China hosting the Olympics after covering up Covid origins is an insult to the world community
Because China is different from American culture and history, the understanding of the world is different. At present, the two countries do not trust each other, have begun to confront, and the future of human beings is full of danger.
Our athletes need to boycott. Sorry. Go big or go home Our allies should follow The us should announce a competing event with bigger cash prizes.
I would boycott the games!
WAMFW
dignitaries trump / bush / oj
We should never Politicize the Olympics. That's one event that should merely be focused on the Athletes.
Why are there always pictures of security guards in reports about China?
FluckChina.
It's amazing that people still pay attention to or even care about the Olympics
Firm countermeasures for not going to your games? Go cry in the corner.
USA gymnastics was the most egregious crime against athletes. We are a nation of hypocrites if we are boycotting China . Look at how much harm was caused in THIS nation against our girls. Nations ought to boycott us - One USA Olympic Game for every girl hurt - will be centuries .
Young people spend their lives preparing to compete in international Olympic games, politics has no room in interfering with participation of athletes on this games. It must be the decision of athletes, to participate or not. Professor Isagholian, humanities
The world is listening to China, and watching the USA. China has its own democracy
China is taking back the pandas.
Oh God what will we ever do again firm countermeasures 😴😴
To bad 😞
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