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		</div><p>China has accused the United States of violating the Olympic spirit after the Biden administration announced a diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Winter Games amid human rights concerns.</p>
<p>Campaigners have pushed for a full-blown boycott of the Games, accusing China of rights abuses against ethnic minorities.</p>
<p>The US decision falls short of these calls but comes at an exceptionally turbulent time for relations between the powerhouse nations and was met with a barrage of criticism from China.</p>
<p>The US was attempting to interfere with the Beijing Games “out of ideological prejudice and based on lies and rumours,” foreign ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian told reporters.</p>
<p>The boycott “seriously violates the principle of political neutrality of sports established by the Olympic Charter and runs counter to the Olympic motto ‘more united’,” the spokesman said.</p>
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<p>As he did the previous day, Mr Zhao vowed that China would respond with “resolute countermeasures” but offered no details.</p>
<p>“The US will pay a price for its practices. You may stay tuned for follow-ups,” Mr Zhao added.</p>
<p>On Monday, White House press secretary Jen Psaki told reporters that the Biden administration would fully support US athletes competing at the Games but would not dispatch diplomats or officials to attend.</p>
<p>Ms Psaki said the US had a “fundamental commitment to promoting human rights” and that it “will not be contributing to the fanfare of the Games”.</p>
<p>The diplomatic boycott comes as the US attempts to thread the needle between stabilising difficult relations with Beijing and maintaining a tough stance on trade and political conflicts.</p>
<p>The US has accused China of human rights abuses against Muslim Uighurs in northwest Xinjiang province, suppressing democratic movements in Hong Kong, committing military aggression against the self-ruled island of Taiwan and more.</p>
<p>Other major countries have yet to say if they will follow the American lead.</p>
<p>Beijing has denounced US criticisms and punitive sanctions as interference in its internal affairs and placed visa bans on American politicians it regards as anti-China.</p>
<figure id="attachment_171468" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-171468" style="width: 885px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img src="https://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/9C6F388B-410E-453F-9C46-C75A196CB962.jpeg" alt="" width="885" height="584" class="size-full wp-image-171468" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-171468" class="wp-caption-text">Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian said China would respond with ‘resolute countermeasures’</figcaption></figure>
<p>Mr Zhao warned the US to “stop politicising sports” and cease what he said were actions undermining the Beijing Winter Olympics, “otherwise it will undermine the dialogue and co-operation between the two countries in a series of important areas and international issues”.</p>
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<p>The dispatching of high-level delegations to each Olympics has long been a tradition among the US and other leading nations.</p>
<p>Then-US president George W Bush attended the opening of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Summer Games, while First lady Jill Biden led the American contingent to the Summer Olympics in Tokyo this year.</p>
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