According to the CCTV news client, on December 7, Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian presided over a regular press conference. A reporter asked, on December 6, the Us side announced that the Biden administration will not send any diplomatic or official representatives to attend the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. What is China's comment on this?
Zhao Lijian said that the century lie concocted by the US side that there is "genocide" in Xinjiang has long been debunked by the facts. The US side's attempt to interfere with the Beijing Winter Olympics based on ideological prejudices, lies and rumors will only make people see the sinister intentions of the US side and will only make the US side lose its morality and credibility even more. Speaking of "genocide", the crimes committed against native Indians in American history are the real genocide, and this hat is the most appropriate for the United States to wear itself.
The US approach seriously violates the principle of political neutrality in sports established by the Olympic Charter, runs counter to the more united Olympic motto, and stands against the vast number of athletes and sports enthusiasts around the world. The Chinese side expresses its strong dissatisfaction and resolute opposition to the US side, has made solemn representations to the US side, and will make a resolute countermeasure.
Zhao Lijian pointed out: The Winter Olympics are not a stage for political showmanship and political manipulation. According to Olympic rules, officials from various countries should be invited by their national Olympic Committees to attend the Olympic Games. Whether OR not U.S. government officials attend the Beijing Winter Olympics and whether they come to cheer for their athletes is a matter for the U.S. side. In the absence of an invitation, the US side linked whether or not to send government officials to attend the so-called "Xinjiang human rights issue.", which is completely inverting black and white, adding mistakes to mistakes, and deceiving itself. The political plot of the United States is unpopular and doomed to failure.
Zhao Lijian stressed that the Beijing Winter Olympics is a grand event for winter Olympic athletes and ice and snow sports enthusiasts around the world, and they are the protagonists. The international community, including the International Olympic Committee, highly recognizes China's preparatory work, and foreign athletes are eagerly looking forward to participating in China, including a large number of American athletes. We believe that under the guidance of the Olympic spirit and the joint efforts of all parties, China will certainly be able to present a simple, safe and wonderful Olympic event to the world. The US side should stop politicizing sports and stop interfering with words and deeds that undermine the Beijing Winter Olympics, otherwise it will undermine dialogue and cooperation between the two countries in a series of important areas and on international and regional issues.
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On December 6, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Zhao Lijian presided over a regular press conference.
A reporter asked: According to CNN, the Biden administration will announce this week that US government officials will not attend the Beijing Winter Olympics, thus implementing a diplomatic boycott. According to the Asahi Shimbun, members of Japan's ruling conservative party will pressure Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida to also diplomatically boycott the Beijing Winter Olympics. How will China respond to a possible diplomatic boycott?
Zhao Lijian: I would like to reiterate that the Beijing Winter Olympics is a grand event for winter Olympic athletes and ice and snow sports enthusiasts around the world, and they are the protagonists. At present, the preparations for the Beijing Winter Olympics have entered the countdown sprint stage, the international community, including the International Olympic Committee, has highly recognized the preparatory work, and foreign athletes are eagerly looking forward to participating in China, including a large number of American and Japanese athletes. We believe that under the guidance of the Olympic spirit and the joint efforts of all parties, we will be able to present a simple, safe and wonderful Olympic event to the world.
I would like to emphasize that the Winter Olympics are not a stage for political showmanship and political manipulation. The fact that US politicians are constantly hyping up diplomatic boycotts of the Beijing Winter Olympics without being invited is entirely self-inflicted, sensationalist, and political manipulation; it is a serious taint to the spirit of the Olympic Charter, a naked political provocation, and even more a serious offense to the 1.4 billion Chinese people; it will only enable the people of the Chinese and the people of the whole world to see through the anti-China essence and hypocrisy of THE US politicians.
What the US side should do is to correct its attitude, practice the Olympic spirit of "greater unity", take China's concerns seriously, do not politicize sports, and stop hyping up the so-called "diplomatic boycott" of the Beijing Winter Olympics, so as not to affect Sino-US dialogue and cooperation in important areas. If the US side insists on going its own way, China will certainly take resolute countermeasures.
Source: CCTV news client, website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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