‘Listening to the concerns’: Blinken doesn’t rule out boycott of 2022 Olympics

Published March 17, 2021 4:18pm ET



President Biden is “listening to the concerns” about China’s scheduled hosting of the 2022 Olympics that arise from the communist regime’s repression of Uyghur Muslims, according to America’s top diplomat.

“We will continue to talk to other countries around the world to hear what they’re thinking, and at the appropriate time, we’ll decide what to do,” Secretary of State Antony Blinken told a Japanese media outlet while traveling in Tokyo. “But for now, we’re just listening to the concerns we’ve heard expressed from many countries around the world.”

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