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The Winter Olympics will be held on December 6, 2021.
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The administration of President Joe Biden decided to boycott the Winter Olympics in Beijing in 2022.
CNN's Kaitlan Collins reported the decision.
The action doesn't mean that the US won't compete in the Olympics.
In November, President Biden told reporters he was considering the step. Jen Psaki said that discussions were ongoing as to how the administration might be represented.
Romney wrote an op-ed for the New York Times in support of the idea.
Since the 1980 Summer Games in Moscow, the United States has not launched a full Olympic boycott.
The treatment of the Uyghur Muslim population in China has been criticized by the country.
Collins gave additional context.
A senior Biden administration official present for the discussions said that Biden and Xi engaged in a "healthy debate" throughout the November summit. Concerns about human rights, Chinese aggression toward Taiwan, and trade issues were raised by Biden.
Climate change, supply chain issues, North Korea, and Iran are some of the issues that are related to China. The two countries, which have the world's two largest economies, are still in disagreements over trade, military aggression, global infrastructure, public health and human rights.
Questions about the status of tennis player Peng Shuai have grown recently. The post was taken down after it was said that a former member of the Chinese government had sexually abused her.
The president of the IOC spoke with her on a video call and said that she was safe and well, living at her home in Beijing, but would like to have her privacy respected at this time.
The WTA suspended its events in China because of doubts about whether Peng is free, safe and not subject to censorship.
