China says US plans to pay athletes to 'sabotage' Beijing Games | The Edge Markets

Members of the rescue team rehearse on a slope at Wanlong Ski Resort in the Chongli district of Zhangjiakou, Hebei Province, China (Bloomberg) – A + A BEIJING (Jan 29): China’s foreign ministry and an official newspaper have accused the US of planning to interfere with and “sabotage” the Beijing Winter Olympics by paying athletes from some countries to make half-hearted efforts in competition and to criticise China. The allegations were made a week before the Games start amid tensions between the two superpowers that has included a diplomatic boycott of the event by the US, which has been joined…