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White House press secretary Jen Psaki said U. And we feel strongly in our position and we will continue to take actions to advance human rights in China and beyond," Psaki added. The announcement came as Biden prepares to host a White House Summit for Democracy, a virtual gathering of leaders and civil society experts from more than countries that is set to take place Thursday and Friday.

The administration has said Biden intends to use the meeting "to announce both individual and collective commitments, reforms, and initiatives to defend democracy and human rights at home and abroad. He called on "other allies and partners that share our values to join with the United States in this diplomatic boycott.

Tom Cotton, an Arkansas Republican, however, said the diplomatic boycott amounted to a "half measure. President Donald Trump's administration in its final days declared the abuses in northwest China "genocide. Cotton appeared to be referring to former Grand Slam doubles champion Peng Shuai, who dropped from sight after publicly accusing a former top Communist Party official of sexual assault. Concerns over her safety prompted the Women's Tennis Association to suspend events in China and provided added fuel to opponents of China's hosting of the games.

Psaki would not comment whether Biden weighed pulling athletes from the games - many of whom have been training for years for the moment to compete on the global stage. Speaking to reporters at a daily briefing, Zhao said such a move would be an "outright political provocation," but gave no details on how China might retaliate.

Human rights advocates and lawmakers in the U. They cite China's poor record on human rights as justification, saying China is using the games to whitewash its ill treatment of civil rights activists, political dissidents and ethnic minorities. The International Olympic Committee in a statement called the decision to keep dignitaries away from the game a "political decision for each government" that it "fully respects. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who had been advocating for a diplomatic boycott for months, applauded Biden for taking the step.

Still, she said the IOC "allowing a country notorious for its appalling human rights record to host the Olympics makes a mockery of the Olympic Charter, which states that the Games should seek to foster 'respect for universal and fundamental ethical principles. The styles these sculptors look to for inspiration are those of antique bronze and clay statues. The Olympics create an arena for demonstrating the triumph of athletic victories and glory.

In this arena, every participant is a hero who, with inspiration, touchingly and enthusiastically, dedicates his energy and effort to the Olympic Games. China takes seriously the development of the art of sculpture and painstakingly learns from other nations. Most Chinese artists want to get a quality education in Europe, although they have educational opportunities in China as well, at the Beijing Academy of Arts.

The Russian school of sculpture has had a major influence over modern Chinese sculpture, and Russian art schools have graduated many Chinese students. To improve their skills, the sculptors energetically draw on the progressive international experience, advancing both traditional and modern sculpture.

The sculptors in their work widely used the language of allegory, parable and symbolic images. The show was a brilliant demonstration of artistic trends, stylistic solutions and the multi-variance of imagery in modern sculpture.

The subjects of the sculptures referenced both history and modernity. The era of globalization, the expansion of international cultural links, the opportunities for the artists to see with their own eyes the works of international art opened up for the participants of the competition vast horizons of creative pursuit.

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