U.S. says looking to coordinate participation in Beijing Olympics with allies

FILE PHOTO: A man walks past a board with logos of 2022 Winter Olympic Games, at a souvenir shop under renovation in Beijing, China January 29, 2021. Picture taken January 29, 2021. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang/File Photo

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Tuesday said that it is looking to discuss with partners and allies how to proceed with participation in the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics in a coordinated way, amid growing calls for a boycott of the Games over China's human rights record.

In a briefing, State Department spokesman Ned Price repeated Washington's concerns over Beijing's human rights violations, particularly its persecution of Uighur Muslims in the Xinjiang region, which the United States deems a genocide.