else the optics of holding the olympic games in china given the regime s human rights record. president biden announced a diplomatic boycott which means no administration officials will attend. it doesn t mean that the athletes won t go. critics want something stronger, here is chief washington correspondent mike emanuel. the white house says the united states will not send a v.i.p. delegation to this winter s beijing olympics. u.s. diplomatic or official representation would treat these games as business as usual in the face of the prc s egregious human rights abuses and atrocities in jing jiang. today after reporting suggested a boycott was coming china s foreign ministry reacted with anger. those politicians who clamor for boycott for political self-interest are showing off and hyping things up. no one cares whether they come or not and it has no influence