THE BULWARK: Pull the U.S. from the 2022 Beijing Olympics

Olympic rings in Olympic Green olympic park in Chaoyang District, Beijing (Shutterstock)

And persuade our democratic allies to stay away, too.

By Ellen Bork, President, CFHK

he Biden administration has signaled that, like the Trump administration before it, it will take a tough line on China. Impressively, President Biden invited Taiwan’s representative to attend his inauguration. Then, after Chinese warplanes flew close to Taiwan, the president sent a U.S. warship through the Taiwan Strait. On a phone call with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Feb. 10, Biden reiterated America’s commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific and expressed concern about human rights abuses in Hong Kong and Xinjiang. Meanwhile, the president is in no great rush to unwind his predecessor’s “trade war” with China.​

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