Australia, Britain and the United States will pay a price for their "mistaken acts" after deciding not to send government delegations to February's Winter Olympics in Beijing, China's foreign ministry said on Thursday.

The United States was the first to announce a boycott, saying on Monday its government officials would not attend the Feb 4-20 Games because of China's human rights "atrocities", weeks after talks aimed at easing tension between the world's two largest economies...