Commentary It seems Chinese leader Xi Jinping is riding high in the saddle these days. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) allowed China to host the 2022 Winter Olympics in semi-arid and snowless Beijing. Is semi-arid too extreme a description for February in Beijing? Why would the Winter Olympics be hosted in a city that averages two-tenths of an inch of precipitation during the month of February, as reported by Weather and Climate? It does not compute. However, Beijing finally received “some significant snow” on Feb. 12. Anyway, the Olympics has been carefully choreographed by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to be a veritable “coming-out party” for the self-declared “helmsman” of China. China, the economic colossus. China, where world leaders kowtow to Xi in return for economic concessions. China, a leader in world sports. China, where there are no crowds of cheering spectators like all previous Olympic Games. China, where the CCP’s …