China vows to hold successful Olympics, dismisses boycott threat

Chinese figure skater Xu Jingyu performs her women's single skating short programme during a test event for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics at the Capital Indoor Stadium in Beijing, Sunday, April 4, 2021. - AP

BEIJING (Bloomberg): China said it was confident the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing would be a success, dismissing concerns about a potential boycott from the US and its allies.

"We have confidence that we will work with all parties to ensure a successful and extraordinary Olympic grand event, ” Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian told reporters in Beijing on Wednesday (April 7).