"Inverting black and white, adding mistakes to mistakes, deceiving oneself"

According to CCTV news, 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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Spokesperson for the Permanent Mission of China to the United Nations:

The so-called "diplomatic boycott" of the Beijing Winter Olympics by the United States is a political farce

On December 6, local time, the spokesperson of the Permanent Mission of China to the United Nations answered reporters' questions on the US "diplomatic boycott" of the Beijing Winter Olympics.

The spokesman said the so-called "diplomatic boycott" of the United States is a self-directed political farce.

The spokesman said that the Beijing Winter Olympics and The Winter Paralympic Games are a grand event for winter Olympic athletes and ice and snow sports enthusiasts, who are the protagonists of the Winter Olympic Games. The success of the Winter Olympics does not depend on the presence of individual national officials. In fact, according to the rules of the Olympic Games, political leaders from various countries are invited to attend the Olympic Games by their national Olympic Committees.

The spokesman said that as the host, China is well prepared for the Beijing Winter Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games and welcomes all athletes and guests. As for some people saying that they don't want to come, the answer is, you come, or don't come, the Beijing Winter Olympics are here and will be successful.

The spokesman noted that the U.S. government's decision reflects its Cold War mentality, which is intended to politicize sports, create divisions and provoke confrontation. This practice is unpopular and doomed to failure, and can only make them more isolated, standing against the times and against the overwhelming majority of countries and peoples in the world.

CcDI website:

The so-called "diplomatic boycott" that runs counter to the Olympic spirit is purely self-inflicted

According to the website of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, on December 6, local time, White House spokesman Psaki invoked the so-called "human rights issue" and announced that he would not send any diplomatic or official delegation to the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. The Chinese Embassy in the United States responded that the US move was a political manipulation and seriously violated the spirit of the Olympic Charter.

For some time, the US side has directed itself to perform a "boycott drama". According to the Olympic rules, foreign dignitaries who want to go to the host country of the Olympic Games need to issue an invitation from the host country to do so. The Chinese side has never invited any US politicians to participate in the Beijing Winter Olympics, and the so-called "diplomatic boycott" is completely self-inflicted, sensationalism, political manipulation, and naked political provocation. The "diplomatic boycott" of the Beijing Winter Olympics is, to put it bluntly, the posture of US politicians for their political interests, and the Cold War mentality is still at work in their bones.

The Winter Olympics are an arena for athletes from all over the world to exchange their skills, not a stage for political showmanship and political manipulation, and should not be desecrated by pride and prejudice. The US side's politicization of sports in the name of human rights, based on ideological and political prejudices, is completely contrary to the new Olympic maxim of "greater unity". The Olympic Charter clearly calls for the preservation and promotion of the independence and political neutrality of the Olympic Movement. The politicization of sport runs counter to the spirit of the Olympic Charter and undermines the interests of athletes and the international Olympic cause. All sectors of the international community, including many Governments, the Olympic Committee and the International Olympic Committee, have unequivocally rejected this misguided practice.

It should be noted that the United States is untenable to use the so-called "human rights issue" to contain and suppress China. For a long time, the United States has called itself the world's "model of democracy" and presented itself as a "teacher of human rights," but its democratic practice is chaotic and the human rights situation is in ruins. The riots in the US Congress have punctured the myth of American democracy, the deep-rooted racial discrimination has highlighted the disorder of American democracy, the great rout in Afghanistan has once again shown that imposing American democracy on other countries is not feasible, and the new crown pneumonia epidemic has been out of control to expose the hypocrisy of American human rights... The beacon of American democracy and American human rights has long since ceased to be lit.

On December 4, the Information Office of the State Council of the People's Republic of China released a white paper entitled Democracy in China, which stated: "In China, human rights are fully respected and effectively protected. The happy life of the people is the greatest human right. "Why are some people in the United States afraid of people from all over the world participating in the Beijing Winter Olympics or going to China? Earlier, the Foreign Ministry spokesman hit the nail on the head: Because they are afraid and even afraid that after people from all over the world come to China, they will understand the facts and truths of the vigorous development of the cause of Chinese rights, they will ruthlessly expose all kinds of China-related lies concocted by anti-China forces, they will find that the US side uses the so-called Chinese rights issue to divert attention and cover up their historical and actual human rights crimes, and they will see through the intentions of the United States and other Western countries to curb China's development through the so-called human rights issue. This has further exposed the hypocrisy of the SO-called democracy and human rights of the US side.

The arrival or non-arrival of AMERICAN politicians will have no impact on the success of the Beijing Winter Olympics. From a domestic point of view, China adheres to the concept of green, shared, open and clean Olympic Games, continues to deepen the preparations before the Winter Olympic Games, and has now entered the countdown sprint stage. From an international point of view, in recent times, the International Olympic Committee and many countries have expressed their blessings and support for the Beijing Winter Olympic Games, and many foreign athletes are eagerly looking forward to participating in the Beijing Winter Olympics and looking forward to realizing the dream of a sports career with hard work and sweat in the Beijing Winter Olympics. We have reason to believe that under the guidance of the Olympic spirit and the joint efforts of all parties, the Beijing Winter Olympics will certainly be able to present a simple, safe and wonderful Olympic event to the world.

The Beijing Winter Olympics is a global event for Winter Olympic athletes and ice and snow sports enthusiasts, as well as a symbol of human solidarity and friendship. The pure Olympic movement should not be subject to political interference. Whoever resists the Winter Olympics stands on the opposite side of the Olympic spirit, the opposite side of the times, and the opposition of the overwhelming majority of countries and peoples in the world. Trying to use the Olympic Games for political purposes is a typical American farce that is ultimately unpopular, much less likely to succeed.

Edited by Zhao Xi Chen Yanting Source CCTV News Central Commission for Discipline Inspection website