Nancy Pelosi 'Full Of Lies' With Beijing Olympic Boycott Call: China

"Some US individuals' remarks are full of lies and disinformation," spokesman Zhao Lijian said, adding "US politicians should stop using the Olympic movement to play despicable political games."

China on Wednesday branded US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi "full of lies" after she called for a diplomatic boycott of next year's Beijing Winter Olympics on human rights grounds. The run-up to the Games, set for February 2022, is being dominated by recriminations over widespread allegations of abuse of China's Uyghur Muslims and other minorities, which the United States has labelled a "genocide". Pelosi on Tuesday had called for a "diplomatic boycott" of the Olympics. Her comments provoked a fierce response from China, which denies mistreating the Uyghur minority and has said the internment camps where a huge number of them are held are vocational training centres designed to counter extremism.