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China demands USA to end its ‘interference’ in Winter Olympics

SHAFAQNA- China is demanding the USA to end “interference” in the Beijing Winter Olympics, in an apparent reference to a diplomatic boycott imposed by Washington and some of its allies. The Foreign Ministry said Minister Wang Yi made the demand in a phone call with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday Beijing time.

The US has said it will not send dignitaries to the Games, which begin on Feb. 4, in a protest over China’s detention of more than 1 million Uyghur Muslims in the north-western region of Xinjiang, along with crackdowns on human rights elsewhere in the country. The boycott does not prevent US athletes from taking part in the Games, which are being held under strict anti-pandemic restrictions. China has also protested what it says are calls within the State Department to withdraw staff and their dependents from the embassy and consulates around China over the tightening rules.

According to a news release posted on the ministry’s website Thursday, Wang also called for an end to US support for self-governing Taiwan, which China claims as its own territory. Wang also complained that the US hasn’t altered tough political and economic policies toward China under the administration of President Joe Biden, despite its expressed wishes for a less confrontational relationship.

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