The Chinese embassy called the US decision to boycott the Beijing Olympics a "showy" step

"Such a pretentious act is just political manipulation and a serious distortion of the spirit of the Olympic Charter," TASS quotes the diplomat as saying.

He stressed that "no one will care whether these people come or not."

“This will not in any way affect the success of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing,” said Liu Pengyu.

Earlier it became known that the United States will arrange a diplomatic boycott of the Olympic Games in China in connection with the "violation of human rights."

Later, the International Olympic Committee commented on the diplomatic boycott of the Winter Olympics in Beijing by the US government.