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China warns of “robust” response if US boycotts Beijing Olympics 54 mins ago Fadel Allassan WASHINGTON DC: The Chinese government on Wednesday warned the U.S. that it would respond strongly if Washington boycott’s next year’s Winter Olympics set to be held in Beijing, AP reports. The message comes after a State Department spoke-sman said at a briefing Tuesday that a joint boycott by the U.S. and its allies “is something that we certainly wish to discuss,” in respo-nse to a question about how to punish China for what observers have described as a genocide against Muslim minorities in Xinjiang. “[W]hat...
