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Eileen Gu and Zhu Yi, both American-born athletes competing for China in the Olympics, polarize Chinese social media

February 9, 2022
Source: nationworldnews.com nationworldnews.com
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TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Two American-born athletes competing for China. Two radically different reactions from Chinese social media to their performances at the Winter Olympics. As freestyle skier Eileen Gu won her gold medal in the big air competition on Tuesday, praise for the San Franciscan quite literally overwhelmed the Chinese internet. WATCH: How China is trying to maintain a zero-COVID policy while hosting the Winter Olympics Sina Weibo, the massive social network that is similar to Twitter, found its servers temporarily overloaded, according to Chinese media. Of the top 10 trending topics on the platform, five were dedicated to...
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