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WASHINGTON (Kyodo) -- U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Tuesday called for world leaders to boycott the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics over China's alleged human rights abuses, including against the Muslim Uyghur minority in its Xinjiang region. "Here's what I propose...a diplomatic boycott," Pelosi told a congressional hearing to examine the implications of holding the Olympics in China, adding, "Let's not honor the Chinese government by having heads of state go to China." "For heads of state to go to China in light of a genocide that is ongoing, while you're sitting there in your seats, really begs...
