‘Checking a box’: Biden’s Beijing diplomatic boycott flop

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January 20, 2022

Hi China Watchers. We’re just two weeks away from the opening of the 2022 Beijing Olympic Games so we’re kicking the tires of Biden’s diplomatic boycott, previewing the upcoming Lunar New Year’s (literally) explosive movie openings and paying tribute to China’s newly crowned “King of Quarantine.”

Let’s get to it. — Phelim (Author)

The Biden administration’s diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Beijing Olympics aims to threadthe needle. It’s intendedto convey U.S. revulsion toward human rights abuses in China while stillallowing U.S. athletes to compete. But Republican lawmakers and rights advocates say the administration has squandered the opportunity to build an effective coalition that would actually get Beijing’s attention.

Read the full article: https://www.politico.com/newsletters/politico-china-watcher/2022/01/20/checking-a-box-bidens-beijing-diplomatic-boycott-flop-495781