WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden said Thursday he is considering a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics, which would deliver a stinging rebuke to China over its alleged human rights abuses.
It's "something we are considering," Biden said when asked about a U.S. diplomatic boycott of the Games, set for Beijing in February.
Biden's comment comes just days after he and Chinese President Xi Jinping held a virtual summit aimed at reducing tensions between the two countries, which have flared over the COVID-19 pandemic, trade policies, Taiwan and other flashpoints.
If Biden launches a diplomatic boycott, it would almost certainly roil the U.