China warns that the US "will pay a price" for boycotting Olympic Games. | D.W. | 07.12.2021

The Chinese government warned this Tuesday (07.12.2021) that the United States "will pay a price" after Washington announced a diplomatic boycott of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, as a way to protest human rights abuses. in the Asian giant, specifically in the Xinjiang region, with a Muslim majority. "The United States will pay a price for its wrongdoing," said Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian, who also announced that Beijing has lodged an official protest with Washington over the boycott. "The US is trying to disrupt the Games based on its ideological bias, lies and rumours," Zhao said. The spokesman…