“Australia, Britain and the United States will pay a price for their "mistaken acts" after deciding not to send government delegations to February's Winter Olympics in Beijing, China's foreign ministry said on Thursday.
The United States was the first to announce a boycott, saying on Monday its government officials would not attend the Feb. 4-20 Games because of China's human rights "atrocities", weeks after talks aimed at easing tension between the world's two largest economies.
"The United States, Britain and Australia have used the Olympics platform for political manipulation," said Wang Wenbin, a spokesperson at the Chinese foreign ministry.
"They will have to pay the price for their mistaken acts," he told a regular news conference.
Relations between Beijing and Washington deteriorated sharply under former U.S. President Donald Trump and the Biden administration has maintained pressure on China.
Disagreements have centered on various issues including trade, the origins of the coronavirus and China's maritime claims in the South China Sea.” – writes Reuters.
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