China is demanding the U.S. end “interference' in the Beijing Winter Olympics, which begin next month. The Foreign Ministry says Minister Wang Yi made the demand in a phone call with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
Foreign Minister Wang Yi made the demand in a phone call with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday Beijing time, according to a news release posted on the Foreign Ministry’s website.
The U.S. has said it will not send dignitaries to the Games, which open Feb. 4, in a protest over China’s detention of an estimated 1 million or more Uyghur and other Muslims in the northwestern region of Xinjiang, along withThe boycott does not prevent U.S. athletes from taking part in the Games, which are being held under strict anti-pandemic restrictions.
Wang also complained that the U.S. hasn’t altered tough political and economic policies toward China under the administration of President Joe Biden, despite its expressed wishes for a less confrontational relationship. A brief statement from the State Department said that Blinken and Wang exchanged views on how to manage strategic risk, health security and climate change. It did not mention the Olympics or Taiwan. Blinken underscored the economic and security risks posed by Russian aggression against Ukraine, the statement said.
The phone call follows the appointment of veteran diplomat Nicholas Burns as the new U.S. ambassador to China, a position that has remained empty for more than a year.
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