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A visitor walks past the logos of the upcoming Beijing 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games at the Beijing Olympic Expo marking the 10th anniversary of the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.

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WASHINGTON President Joe Biden said on Thursday that the United States is considering a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing to protest China’s treatment of its Uyghur Muslim minority.

As part of a diplomatic boycott, US athletes would still participate in the games, which begin on February 4, 2022. But an official delegation of US government officials would not attend.

The idea of ​​a diplomatic boycott of the Beijing games is not new. As early as April, a State Department spokesman said the United States was in talks with key allies over ways to protest China’s human rights record at the Olympic Games in winter.

But Thursday marked the first time Biden himself had confirmed that a diplomatic boycott was “something we are considering.”

Biden gave the brief answer in response to a direct question, before quickly moving on to the next reporter. The exchange took place during a meeting in the Oval Office with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

Earlier this week, the Washington Post reported that the announcement of a U.S. diplomatic boycott of the Beijing games would likely come before the end of the month.

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Human rights activists have long called for a global boycott of the Beijing Olympics, which they have called the “Genocide Games”. They also urged the International Olympic Committee to postpone or relocate the events.

But Western governments have generally balked at the idea of ​​a full boycott of the games, a move they see as unfair punishment of athletes for wrongdoing by the host government.

Beijing has drawn international condemnation for its “broad program of repression” against members of its Uyghur Muslim minority ethnic group.

In March, the United States and its allies imposed sanctions on several officials in Xinjiang province, the traditional homeland of the Uyghur people. These sanctions remain in force.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken called the treatment of Uyghurs in China “genocide,” but Biden did not use the word. Beijing denies having violated the human rights of Uyghurs.

Biden’s remarks came just days after a much-anticipated virtual summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping was held on Monday evening. However, the summit produced few concrete results.

A White House spokesperson later confirmed that the Olympics were not discussed during the meeting, which lasted for several hours.

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