Yutong Niu is a Women in Security fellow at Pomona College, California and a former research intern at Pacific Forum, a Honolulu-based think tank focused on the Asia-Pacific region.
It is time to stop using the Games as leverage against Beijing


The countdown board for the opening of the Winter Olympic Games, pictured in Beijing on Oct 27: an offended, confused China will not alter its behavior. © Sipa/AP
Yutong Niu is a Women in Security fellow at Pomona College, California and a former research intern at Pacific Forum, a Honolulu-based think tank focused on the Asia-Pacific region.