The U.S. government’s decision to boycott the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing would benefit other countries. This opinion was expressed on Monday, December 6, four-time Olympic champion biathlete Alexander Tikhonov.
The US administration decided to stage a diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Winter Olympics earlier that day. It was noted that this step will not affect the participation of American athletes in the Games. The reason for the decision in the White House was called “the genocide in Xinjiang and other violations of human rights.”
“The American diplomatic boycott of the Games is a celebration for the rest of the world. The USA is the most sore spot on the whole earth, its cancer, “Tikhonov noted.
According to him, it is “great” that American officials will not be at the Olympics. The biathlete expressed hope that thanks to this, the Games will be held peacefully and without scandals.
“Can the authorities of other countries, including Japan, follow the example of the Americans? The Japanese are surprising, of course. Japan is famous for its talented people, but they got very lost in this matter, “Tikhonov concluded in an interview with”RIA News“.
US President Joe Biden told reporters in November that he was evaluating the possibility of a diplomatic boycott of the Olympics in China, as Democratic and Republican lawmakers, including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, rallied behind the measure to protest human rights abuses in China.
The last time the United States fully boycotted the 1980 Olympics in Moscow.
The 2022 Winter Olympics will be held in Beijing from 4 to 20 February. In the Kremlin, a possible diplomatic boycott of the United States of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing was assessed negatively.
The United States has repeatedly accused China of violating the rights of residents of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. So, in February 2019, a Chinese database was found on the Internet, which contained information about 2.6 million residents of the area. Surveillance cameras with a face recognition system were used to collect data.
However, China has denied such accusations from the United States. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hua Chunying said on December 4, 2019 that Beijing intends to firmly defend its interests in the Xinjiang issue, as it concerns national security, stability and successful development of China.
The Uyghurs are a Turkic-speaking people inhabiting the northwestern Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Beijing claims that these people have strong separatist movements and religious extremism.
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