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WASHINGTON AP 鈥?The State Department said Tuesday the Biden administration is considering a possible boycott of the upcoming Beijing Winter Olympics to protest China human rights record. Department spokesman Ned Price said the U.S. is consulting with like-minded countries aroun
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stanley cup and allies in order to present a united front. Part of our review of those Olympics and our thinking will involve close consultations with partners and allies around the world, he told reporters. We have consistently said when it comes to our concerns with the government in Beijing, including Beijing egregious human rights violations, its conduct of genocide in the case of Xingjiang, that what the United States does is meaningful, what the United States does will have impact, but everything we do that brings along our allies and partners will have all the more influence with Beijing.Human rights groups are protesting China hosting of the Games, which are set to start in February 2022. They have urged a diplomatic or straight-up boycott of the event to call attention to alleged Chinese abuses against Uyghurs, Tibetans, and residents of Hong Kong.Price declined to say when a decision might be made, but noted there is still almost a year until the Games are set to begin.
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