Posted on 11/16/2021 12:43:31 PM PST by SeekAndFind
With the Beijing Winter Olympics just three months away, the Biden administration will soon have to make clear whether it plans to send an official delegation to China. But sooner rather than later, according to several sources familiar with the plans, the White House is expected to announce that neither President Biden nor any other U.S. government officials will attend the Beijing Games. This diplomatic boycott is intended, the sources say, as a way to respond to the Chinese government’s human rights abuses without impacting U.S. athletes.
Although the administration technically has not finalized this decision, a formal recommendation has been made to Biden and he is expected to approve it before end of the month, administration sources confirmed. The timing of this process was not linked to the Biden-Xi virtual meeting Monday evening, which was billed as a way for the two leaders to demonstrate their ability to manage complex U.S.-China relations in an era of rising tensions. Various reports this week have said that Xi Jinping intended to bring up the Olympics issue with Biden, perhaps even inviting him to personally attend. But the issue didn’t come up at all during the 3½-hour meeting, according to initial reports.
“President Biden raised concerns about the [People’s Republic of China’s] practices in Xinjiang, Tibet, and Hong Kong, as well as human rights more broadly,” the White House readout of the Biden-Xi meeting stated.
Biden administration officials have been virtually silent on Olympics-related issues in recent months, refusing to speculate on whether Biden would support a full athlete boycott (as human rights groups and activists are calling for), or a more limited boycott, or no boycott at all. Now that the Biden-Xi virtual summit is complete, sources said, the administration has one less reason to hold off on announcing diplomatic boycott.
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China talks to our leaders through front and back doors daily,
so big whoop.
Biden will really show ‘em.
These athletes don't compete for their country. They compete for the sponsors that pay their bills.
Tough talk (eyes rolling).
So Carter 2.0 instead of making a real gesutre like Carter did about the 1980s Moscow Olympics, make a psuedo gestrue by saying he is not going. What a clown
Carter (and probably Obama) will be eternally grateful to Biden, the worst (Non-)President (Imposter) ever to occupy the WH.
Jimmy Carter II.
One term Joe Biden. If he lasts that long
I think they need 264 separate committees to analyze this problem and reach a consensus....
since the President is a total poopyhead!
Because of their strict Covid lockdowns, China had already declared any non-essential people from attending.
Between the Olympics and Climate change, Biden sure is prioritizing our biggest issues. Meanwhile, energy prices are skyrocketing, over 2 million questionable people came in through our Southern border, our education system in a crisis, and the loyal opposition is supporting the trillion dollar waste spending plans.
Yeah, because our diplomats being there is what the Olympics is all about. What a loser. Biden couldn’t even absorb what’s going on in the sports and would have to have his butt wiped ( https://www.850wftl.com/video-joe-biden-yells-my-butts-been-wiped/ ), too many times.
Oh, “diplomatic”. I see.
The Biden administration just announced Joe pooped in his pants.
Film at eleven.
5.56mm
Jao Bai-din’s handlers tell him not to send a delegation to the Olympics in China because their Communist Chinese handlers told them so.
The United States abstains... courteously.
Jimmah
Just what we need, politics in sports. NOT!
That was the first thing that entered my mind as well.
So Sloppy Joe and the rest of them won’t attend? OK. Give me my 4 man bobsledding and Keep Preezy Poopy Pants!
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