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Eileen Gu Defends China’s Internet Freedom, And Is Censored

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Eileen Gu Defends China’s Internet Freedom, And Is Censored
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Although born in the United States (U.S), top skier, Eileen Gu, has crossed carpet, preferring to compete for China in the Winter Olympics and whipping up several controversies along the way. had this information in Protocol. Here is an excerpt:

Controversy has swirled around U.S.-born skier Eileen Gu ever since she said she would compete in the Olympics as a member of the Chinese team rather than for the U.S., and all that chatter only got louder after she won a gold medal Tuesday. Amid the internet furor over her citizenship and her identity, a comment she made intended to defend China’s internet freedom backfired.

While state media and the general public raved about her championship and loyalty to China, her denial of the lived realities of 1.4 billion Chinese people sparked heated discussions.

“Why can you use Instagram and millions of Chinese people from mainland cannot,” one Instagram user fired off at Gu in Instagram comments made before her competition in women’s freeski big air. “Why you got such special treatment as a Chinese citizen. That’s not fair, can you speak up for those millions of Chinese who don’t have internet freedom[?]”.

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