A Beijing Olympic Boycott Is Strong Leverage And America Should Use It | Federalist Radio Hour

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On this episode of The Federalist Radio Hour, Chris Fenton, a film executive and author of "Feeding the Dragon: Inside the Trillion Dollar Dilemma Facing Hollywood, the NBA, & American Business," joins Culture Editor Emily Jashinsky to outline the leverage that comes with U.S.-led calls for a boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics which are scheduled to be held in Beijing.

"I think the question isn't whether we should boycott the Olympics because we've seen a lot of people talking about, hey, should we boycott or not," Fenton said. "I think instead we should look at the leverage that we have between now and February of 2022 and say what do we want to accomplish that's practical, that shows a constructive maneuvering towards whatever our North Star is overall with China and try to implement those changes and those directives with the Chinese Communist Party in exchange for promising to show up at those Olympics and we should do that also with our Western allies."

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