United States plans a diplomatic boycott of Beijing Olympics

[DemocratSinceBirth]

We will send a team but there will be diplomatic representation. This news is still developing.

[brooklynite]

1. Whoopie...

If the athletes show up, nobody cares if the Assistant Secretary of State is in the audience.

[rsdsharp]

2. Doesn't there need to be a "not" somewhere in there?

As it reads we’re sending both a team and diplomatic representation.

[Rebl2]

6. That's the way

I read it

[Klaralven]

3. China Won't Invite U.S. Politicians to Olympics, Report Says

Bloomberg News
November 29, 2021, 3:25 AM EST Updated on November 29, 2021, 4:07 AM EST

China has no plan to ask any U.S. politicians to attend the Winter Olympics, according to the Communist Party-backed Global Times -- a report that comes after President Joe Biden said he’s weighing a diplomatic boycott of the event.

Efforts to fight the pandemic ruled out large-scale invitations, the newspaper said Monday, citing a person close to preparation for the games that it did not identify.

Still, the Global Times indicated politics played a role in the decision not to ask American officials to come. China viewed the success of the event as having nothing to do with the presence of some anti-China politicians from the West, the unidentified person was quoted as saying in the report.

“Without them messing things up, the Beijing Winter Olympics will be even more splendid,” the person was quoted as saying.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-11-29/china-won-t-invite-u-s-politicians-to-olympics-report-says

[IbogaProject]

4. Whew

Whew. I'm glad the athletes are going. I'm still angry about our 1980 boycott.

[SYFROYH]

5. Boycotting the Olympics is dumb.

[Angleae]

7. If we did, would anyone actually notice?