Source: United States Senator for Delaware Christopher Coons
WASHINGTON — Today, U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement on the Biden administration’s announcement of a diplomatic boycott of Beijing’s Winter Olympics, set to take place in February 2022.
“I’m pleased to see the Biden administration’s announcement today of a diplomatic boycott of Beijing’s 2022 Winter Olympics. China’s gross mistreatment of Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang Province, its crackdown on free speech and democracy activists in Hong Kong, its arbitrary detention of Tibetans, and its method of using sophisticated technology for social and political control domestically are deeply concerning. I’m glad that President Biden is placing human rights at the center of American foreign policy, and I hope other nations and corporate sponsors will consider joining this boycott to call attention to those defending free, open, and inclusive societies in China and around the world.”
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