US House speaker calls for 'diplomatic boycott' of Beijing Olympics
Washington (AFP) May 18, 2021
US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Tuesday called for a "diplomatic boycott" of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics because of China's human rights violations. "We cannot proceed as if nothing is wrong about the Olympics going to China," Pelosi told a joint hearing of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission and the Congressional-Executive Commission on China. "Sadly we are here because China c