US President Joe Biden revealed that he is considering a diplomatic boycott of the upcoming Winter Olympics in Beijing, as pressure from Congress intensifies over China’s suspected human rights abuses against the Uygurs and other ethnic minority groups in the far-west Xinjiang region.
It is “something we are considering”, Biden said on Thursday, as he sat down for a meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau – the clearest indication yet that the administration may end up taking the rare step of refusing to send any government officials to an Olympic Games.