
Headline: Myanmar Court Sentences Ousted Leader Suu Kyi To 4 Years
A legal official says a Myanmar court has sentenced the country’s ousted leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, to four years in prison after finding her guilty of incitement and violating […]
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Oluwaseye Ogunsanya December 6, 2021 31
China’s foreign ministry said on Monday that U.S. politicians should stop calling for a diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Winter Olympics to avoid hurting bilateral ties and China will take “countermeasures” if necessary.
According to CNN report on Sunday, the Biden administration is expected to announce this week that U.S. government officials will not attend the 2022 Olympics in Beijing.
Those calling for a boycott are “grandstanding” and should stop “so as not to affect the dialogue and cooperation between China and the United States in important areas,” said Zhao Lijian, China’s foreign ministry spokesman.
“If the U.S. insists in wilfully clinging to its course, China will take resolute countermeasures,” he said at a news conference.
U.S. President Joe Biden said last month that he was considering such a diplomatic boycott to protest China’s human rights record, including what Washington says is genocide against minority Muslims.
The administration has been under pressure from activists and members of Congress to skip the games.
The White House declined to comment on CNN’s report on Sunday. Four sources with knowledge of the administration’s thinking previously told Reuters that there was a growing consensus within the White House to keep U.S. officials away from the Beijing Olympics.
CNN said the U.S. boycott would not prevent its athletes from competing in the games.
The State Department did not respond to questions about the report late Sunday.
Tagged as: US, China, Boycott, Beijing Olympics.
Oluwaseye Ogunsanya December 6, 2021
A legal official says a Myanmar court has sentenced the country’s ousted leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, to four years in prison after finding her guilty of incitement and violating […]
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