My understanding is that we have not completely withdrawn, that any athletes that wish to compete can travel and participate. If American citizens are to go to China, they will need official representation and diplomatic protection. Otherwise Bitem will just duplicate his Afghanistan betrayal. IOW, the situation is not clear to me (I have not followed it closely) and I have a bit of a wait and see attitude.
Thank you all. I missed the distinction and I’m not sure what the difference is, but isn’t the announcement still an insult to his “masters”?