President Biden is not expected to attend the Beijing Winter Olympics as his administration is on the verge of implementing a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Winter Games, a senior administration official said.
The President has not yet formally signed off on having no government officials attend, the senior administration official cautioned, but discussions regarding the matter have all leaned in that direction. The Washington Post was first to report on the news.Democratic and Republican lawmakers, including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, have advocated for a diplomatic boycott in protest of China's human rights abuses.
When asked what date the deadline is for the US and other countries to make a decision, Blinken sidestepped."Well, let's see," he said."The games are coming up, when, in February, early in the year, so before then." Biden and Xi's virtual summit -- seen as some of the most critical diplomatic talks of Biden's presidency -- yielded no significant breakthroughs.
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