Commentary In December 2021, a number of countries, including the likes of Australia, the United States, and Canada, announced a diplomatic boycott of the Winter Olympics, which recently took place in China’s capital, Beijing. More symbolic than significant, the countries sent a passive-aggressive message to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). In short, human rights abuses are not okay. An uncontroversial statement, but one that needs to be repeated—strongly and forcefully. French President Emmanuel Macron, however, had no interest in conveying this particular message. Instead, he chose to label the diplomatic boycott “insignificant.” France, he said, had no plans of joining Australia, the United States, and Canada. Why? Because the boycott, he suggested, was merely “a symbolic step.” True, but a boycott, a protest of some sort, is better than nothing at all. Some kind of message to China is better than no message at all. But that’s not entirely fair on Macron. He has sent …