{"id":1088964,"date":"2021-12-06T07:44:11","date_gmt":"2021-12-06T12:44:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1088964"},"modified":"2021-12-06T07:44:15","modified_gmt":"2021-12-06T12:44:15","slug":"china-threatens-u-s-over-expected-diplomatic-olympic-boycott-china-will-take-firm-countermeasures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/china-threatens-u-s-over-expected-diplomatic-olympic-boycott-china-will-take-firm-countermeasures\/","title":{"rendered":"China Threatens U.S. Over Expected Diplomatic Olympic Boycott: \u2018China Will Take Firm Countermeasures\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fchina-threatens-u-s-over-expected-diplomatic-olympic-boycott-china-will-take-firm-countermeasures%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1088964&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Communist China has threatened to retaliate against the United States if the U.S. engages in a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, which is expected to be announced this week.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Biden administration is expected to announce this week that no US government officials will attend the 2022 Beijing Olympics, implementing a diplomatic boycott of the games,\u201d CNN <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/12\/05\/politics\/biden-beijing-olympics-boycott\/index.html\">reported<\/a>. \u201cThe move would allow the US to send a message on the world stage to China without preventing US athletes from competing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian, a Chinese propagandist, mocked the U.S. over the expected move, claiming that they were never invited anyway, but then later making a threat.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWithout being invited, American politicians keep hyping the so-called diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Winter Olympic, which is purely wishful thinking and grandstanding,\u201d Zhao said. \u201cIf the U.S. side is bent on going its own way, China will take firm countermeasures.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Associated Press <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/joe-biden-sports-boycotts-beijing-2020-tokyo-olympics-7727b98d708447ae24457d910a8f1ae8\">reported<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><em>The dispatching of high-level delegations to each Olympics has long been a tradition among the U.S. and other leading nations \u2014 then-president George W. Bush attended the opening of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Summer Games. First lady Jill Biden led the American contingent to the Summer Olympics in Tokyo this year and second gentleman Doug Emhoff led a delegation to the Paralympic Games.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The possibility of a diplomatic boycott comes as the U.S. attempts to stabilize turbulent relations with Beijing, even as it maintains a tough approach toward trade frictions and conflicts over China\u2019s actions on Taiwan, human rights, Hong Kong and the South China Sea. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Beijing has mounted a stiff response to all U.S. criticisms, denouncing them as interference in its internal affairs and slapping visa bans on American politicians it regards as anti-China.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/cruz-on-upcoming-beijing-olympics-we-need-to-go-over-there-and-kick-their-commie-aes\">told<\/a> CBS News last month that he supported a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing and that U.S. athletes needed to go over there \u201ckick their commie a**es.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve been leaning in hard saying we ought to move the Olympics out of China, that\u2019s what we should have done,\u201d Cruz told \u201cFace The Nation\u201d host Margaret Brennan. \u201cThe IOC refused to do that. I think it\u2019s a mistake to have a full boycott of the Olympics. You know, Jimmy Carter tried that in the 1970s. All it did was punish a generation of athletes. We\u2019ve got young men and young women, Americans, who spent their whole lives practicing for this moment. I don\u2019t want to punish those young athletes. What we ought to do \u2014 I do agree with the notion of a so-called diplomatic boycott \u2014 which means we don\u2019t send high ranking cabinet officials over there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut I also think it\u2019s important we do two things at the Olympics in China,\u201d Cruz continued. \u201cNumber one, that we actually show the courage the Women\u2019s Tennis Association is showing to call out the murder, the genocide, the torture, the lies, the complicity in COVID-19 of the Chinese communist government, to speak the truth. And then number two, I really hope our young men and women that they go over there and kick their commie a**es. We need to win in the Olympics.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">At the Winter Olympics in Beijing, we must:<\/p>\n<p>1. Have the courage to call out the murder, the genocide, the torture, and the lies and the complicity in COVID-19 of the Chinese Communist government. <\/p>\n<p>2. Kick their commie asses and win! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sfVu8CF5ki\">pic.twitter.com\/sfVu8CF5ki<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tedcruz\/status\/1462463820618735616?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 21, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\">member<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Communist China has threatened to retaliate against the United States if the U.S. engages in a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, which is expected to be announced this week.\u201cThe Biden administration is expected to announce this week that no US government officials will attend the 2022 Beijing Olympics, implementing a diplomatic boycott of the games,\u201d CNN reported. \u201cThe move would allow the US to send a message on the world stage to China without preventing US athletes from competing.\u201dForeign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian, a Chinese propagandist, mocked the U.S. over the expected move, claiming that they were never invited anyway, but then later making a threat.\u201cWithout being invited, American politicians keep hyping the so-called diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Winter Olympic, which is purely wishful thinking and grandstanding,\u201d Zhao said. \u201cIf the U.S. side is bent on going its own way, China will take firm countermeasures.\u201dThe Associated Press reported:The dispatching of high-level delegations to each Olympics has long been a tradition among the U.S. and other leading nations \u2014 then-president George W. Bush attended the opening of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Summer Games. First lady Jill Biden led the American contingent to the Summer Olympics in Tokyo this year and second gentleman Doug Emhoff led a delegation to the Paralympic Games.The possibility of a diplomatic boycott comes as the U.S. attempts to stabilize turbulent relations with Beijing, even as it maintains a tough approach toward trade frictions and conflicts over China\u2019s actions on Taiwan, human rights, Hong Kong and the South China Sea. Beijing has mounted a stiff response to all U.S. criticisms, denouncing them as interference in its internal affairs and slapping visa bans on American politicians it regards as anti-China.Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) told CBS News last month that he supported a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing and that U.S. athletes needed to go over there \u201ckick their commie a**es.\u201d\u201cI\u2019ve been leaning in hard saying we ought to move the Olympics out of China, that\u2019s what we should have done,\u201d Cruz told \u201cFace The Nation\u201d host Margaret Brennan. \u201cThe IOC refused to do that. I think it\u2019s a mistake to have a full boycott of the Olympics. You know, Jimmy Carter tried that in the 1970s. All it did was punish a generation of athletes. We\u2019ve got young men and young women, Americans, who spent their whole lives practicing for this moment. I don\u2019t want to punish those young athletes. What we ought to do \u2014 I do agree with the notion of a so-called diplomatic boycott \u2014 which means we don\u2019t send high ranking cabinet officials over there.\u201d\u201cBut I also think it\u2019s important we do two things at the Olympics in China,\u201d Cruz continued. \u201cNumber one, that we actually show the courage the Women\u2019s Tennis Association is showing to call out the murder, the genocide, the torture, the lies, the complicity in COVID-19 of the Chinese communist government, to speak the truth. And then number two, I really hope our young men and women that they go over there and kick their commie a**es. We need to win in the Olympics.\u201dAt the Winter Olympics in Beijing, we must:1. Have the courage to call out the murder, the genocide, the torture, and the lies and the complicity in COVID-19 of the Chinese Communist government. 2. Kick their commie asses and win! pic.twitter.com\/sfVu8CF5ki\u2014 Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) November 21, 2021The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a member.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":102,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1088964","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1088964","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/102"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1088964"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1088964\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1088964"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1088964"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1088964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}