- Posted on December 07, 2021
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The U.S. on Monday announced a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, a move that had garnered bipartisan support from critics of China’s human rights record.While U.S. athletes will still participate, President Joe Biden’s administration will not send any official representation to the games, given China’s “ongoing genocide and crimes against humanity in Xinjiang and other human rights abuses,” White House press secretary Jen Psaki told reporters.Psaki was referring to China’s reported treatment of Uighur Muslims in that northwestern territory that has been declared a genocide both by Biden and the administration of former President Donald Trump.cnbc.com