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Heritage Explains

LIVE: Beijing Olympics - What You Need to Know

Heritage Explains

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Education

4.7847 Ratings

🗓️ 3 February 2022

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Given the grave human rights abuses, the and legitimate national security threat posed by the Chinese Communist Party, they should never have been allowed to host the Olympics. On this episode recorded live at the Heritage Foundation, we talk with Heritage Foundation President, Dr. Kevin Roberts. He reminds us of what's at stake with our complex relationship with China, holds the Biden Administration accountable for failed leadership, and gives us way we can pushback in our own lives.


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0:00.0

From the Heritage Foundation, I'm Tim Desher, and this is Heritage Explains live.

0:28.6

Thank you. and this is Heritage Explains live. Okay, folks, the 2020 Olympics are here, and as the opening ceremony is starting,

0:35.9

we wanted to shine a little bit of a spotlight on what's

0:39.4

happening over there. The truth is that China should never have been allowed to host the

0:44.7

2022 Olympics, and this is a global failure to hold the Chinese Communist Party accountable.

0:52.5

On this episode of Heritage Explains Live, we are joined by Dr. Kevin Roberts.

0:57.5

He's the president here at the Heritage Foundation.

1:00.2

He's going to frame the Olympics as to how Americans should think as they watch our athletes

1:05.7

compete and go for the gold.

1:08.3

He also gives us ways as patriotic Americans that we can push back against China

1:14.4

right where we are. So folks, we are really excited for you to hear this interview with Dr. Roberts.

1:21.1

But if you want to see it live, see it on video. Log on to the Heritage Foundation YouTube page or the Facebook page.

1:29.5

We will link to that in the show notes.

1:32.8

Otherwise, John Pop, roll that interview.

1:35.9

Welcome to another edition of Heritage Explains Live.

1:41.1

The Olympics are here once again, but this year in Beijing, there is kind of a cloud over

1:48.3

these games. Today, we are building out our coverage of the Winter Olympics being hosted by

1:55.3

Communist China, a nation controlled by the Chinese Communist Party, sticking up and continuing, just stacking

2:03.5

up grave human rights abuses after human rights abuses, genocide against the Uighur Muslims,

2:09.7

as it's been called, oppression of people of other faiths, and of course, what about the

2:14.2

coronavirus cover up?

2:16.3

So there is so much happening right now, and it leads us to this question, Dr. Roberts, why does China get the honor of hosting the Olympic Games? And of course, as we're going to talk about, well, how is the Biden administration dealt with this and how should they have dealt with this in holding China accountable?

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