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Beijing accused US politicians of slandering China over calls for sponsors to shun the 2022 Winter Games WANG Zhao AFP/File 3 min Advertising Read more Beijing (AFP) Beijing Wednesday described US lawmakers' calls for sponsors to shun the 2022 Winter Olympics on human rights concerns as a "typical American farce", as pressure rises to boycott the controversial Games. In a lengthy hearing Tuesday, Congress members accused representatives from five major US corporations, including Visa and Airbnb, of supporting alleged genocide and other human rights abuses against Muslim minorities in China's Xinjiang region if they continued sponsoring the Beijing event. In...
