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Winter Olympics: Chinese freestyle ski star Eileen Gu’s mother gives advice to parents hoping to raise a champion

Winter Olympics: Chinese freestyle ski star Eileen Gu’s mother gives advice to parents hoping to raise a champion by Alice Yan in Shanghai 9 Feb, 2022 After studying in summer school training institutions in Beijing, Eileen returned to the US and reportedly became a straight-A student. Despite being primarily educated in the US schooling systemContinue reading “Winter Olympics: Chinese freestyle ski star Eileen Gu’s mother gives advice to parents hoping to raise a champion”

CNN: Controversy over gold medalist Eileen Gu skiing for China misses the point

CNN: Controversy over gold medalist Eileen Gu skiing for China misses the point by Lincoln Mitchell Wed February 9, 2022 Lincoln Mitchell (@LincolnMitchell) teaches in the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University. His most recent book is “The Giants and Their City: Major League Baseball in San Francisco, 1976-1992” (Kent State UniversityContinue reading “CNN: Controversy over gold medalist Eileen Gu skiing for China misses the point”

Video: Western media attack American Chinese Eileen Gu for representing China at Winter Olympics

Video: Western media attack American Chinese Eileen Gu for representing China at Winter Olympics 西方媒體抨擊美籍華人谷爱凌代表中國參加冬奧會 https://vimeo.com/675321054https://www.facebook.com/100036400039778/posts/653515885871740/?d=n As American Chinese mix-raced skier Eileen Gu (谷爱凌）won gold medal for Team China at Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games and became the most popular star in China, some U.S. media start to claim her success was because she grewContinue reading “Video: Western media attack American Chinese Eileen Gu for representing China at Winter Olympics”

NBC New York: According to Reuters, state media report she renounced her US Citizenship at age 15, when she became a Chinese national.

NBC New York: According to Reuters, state media report she renounced her US Citizenship at age 15, when she became a Chinese national. NBC 紐約：據路透社報導，官方媒體報導她在 15 歲時放棄了美國公民身份，成為中國公民 Feb 8 2022 American-born Eileen Gu earned the first of what she and her many fans in Beijing hope could be three gold medals for China by crankingContinue reading “NBC New York: According to Reuters, state media report she renounced her US Citizenship at age 15, when she became a Chinese national.”

‘killing more Asian people isn’t going to kill the virus’

Eileen Gu calls out ‘domestic terrorism’ of Asian-Americans amid spike in coronavirus-related violence – ‘killing more Asian people isn’t going to kill the virus’ 在與冠狀病毒相關的暴力事件激增的情況下，谷愛凌稱亞裔美國人的“國內恐怖主義” – “殺死更多的亞洲人並不能殺死病毒” The 17-year-old two-time world champion recalls fleeing a racially charged attack with her grandmother last year ‘It really comes from bigotry and a lack of information’ said Gu,Continue reading “‘killing more Asian people isn’t going to kill the virus’”