According to a report by the Associated Press, the spokesperson of the CCP’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Zhao Lijian, said that such a move was a “political provocation,” but did not elaborate on how the CCP would retaliate.
On November 18, President Biden confirmed that a diplomatic boycott of the Winter Olympics was “a matter under consideration” by the United States. At that time, the White House said that Biden had “serious concerns” about China’s problems, including human rights violations and the genocide of ethnic minority Muslims. Moreover, the CCP’s actions on Taiwan, human rights, Hong Kong, the South China Sea and trade have also caused increasing tensions between the two countries.
The West’s reasons for calling for a boycott of the Winter Olympics include: more than 1 million Muslims have been detained in Xinjiang; a new variant of the CCP virus (new crown virus) has spread; and an accuser who was sexually assaulted and silenced-Peng Shuai , She is China’s top female tennis player.
According to reports, Beijing is warning American companies that if they do not remain silent, they cannot expect to make money in China.
“Capitol Hill” commentator Brahma Chellaney (Brahma Chellaney) wrote: “Under the leadership of Xi Jinping, China (the Communist Party) has become an angry expansionist power, pursuing the’wolf warrior’ tactics. Diplomacy with debt traps and arbitrarily contempt of international law. Two consecutive U.S. administrations have described Xi Jinping’s Xinjiang Gulag as genocide, which is an act of mass imprisonment of people on religious grounds since the Nazis.”
Moreover, since the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics, the human rights situation in China has completely deteriorated.
Chalanni said: “The world must not turn a blind eye to these actions. (The CCP) these actions have not yet incurred any meaningful Western sanctions. Xi Jinping is confident because his harsh expansionist actions are basically costless.”
He said: “If the CCP continues on the current path, open conflicts with the West and neighboring countries (from Japan to India) will be inevitable.”
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