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Agencies The Chinese government plans to host the Winter Olympics and Paralympic Games in Beijing from March 4-13 next year. "The US and some of its allies such as the UK and Australia are considering a "diplomatic boycott" of the Beijing Winter Olympic Games. China's state-run media Global Times in an opinion piece following the Russia Indian China ( RIC ) foreign ministers meet last Friday stated that India ’s support for Beijing Winter Olympic Games shows it is not a natural US ally. A reference in the RIC joint communiqué that "the ministers expressed their support to China to...