Beijing warns US will 'pay the price' for Olympics diplomatic boycott

Campaigners had called for a boycott of the Beijing Olympics over China's alleged human rights abuses

A woman walks past a poster showing the mascots of the Beijing Winter Olympics

China warned on Tuesday the United States would "pay the price" for a diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Winter Olympics over human rights concerns.

The move drew fiery opposition from Beijing, which threatened unspecified countermeasures, warning the US would "pay the price for its wrongdoing".