"The use of the Olympic Games by the United States, Australia, the United Kingdom and Canada for political manipulation is unacceptable ... and they will inevitably pay for their illegal actions," Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin was quoted as saying by AFP.

On December 6, White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki announced that the United States would stage a diplomatic boycott of the Chinese Olympics over "human rights violations."

Australia and Canada have also joined the boycott.

At the same time, athletes from these countries will participate in the Games.

The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, said that the United States wants to dominate on its own rules and in this context it is worth talking about the collapse of world sports in the interests of Washington.