Gu Ailing won the gold medal at the Beijing Winter Olympics on behalf of China, which attracted a lot of attention from the US media. The New York Times Chinese network even launched a personal attack on Gu Ailing, claiming that she was "pleasing" China. In this regard, Chinese scholar Zheng Yongsong pointed out that the way the US media reported Onu Ailing shows the anxiety of the United States lacking self-confidence.
Gu Ailing infographic. Image source: Visual China
Earlier, the host of the Fox News program in the United States, Wilke, maliciously attacked Gu Ailing as an "ungrateful American child" and "betrayed his country" in the program. At the same time, he also accused the American companies that sponsorEdu Ailing, calling them "corrupt and weak American companies", which can be described as "sour" to the extreme.
Screenshot of Fox's report
In this regard, the United States "World Journal" quoted Zheng Yongsong, former chairman of the American Institute of Engineers -USA, as saying on the 10th that the United States has fiercely suppressed China for 4 years, but has not been able to make China yield, and now even if it is a sports competition, the United States is also worried that the status of sports allies is threatened, and the US media reports are showing their double standards for China.
Zheng Yongsong data map. Source: World Journal
Top women's tennis player Naomi Osaka, who was born in Japan and moved to Florida for professional training at the age of 3, has four Grand Slam titles, Zheng said. With American and Japanese ancestry, she and Gu Ailing changed nationalities in 2019. Naomi Osaka joined the Japanese team for the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, but the American media did not question her.
In addition, "The Chinese-born players put on the American jersey, and the media did not question it, but the Chinese team born in the United States was criticized." Zheng Yongsong said.
He also pointed out that "freedom" is a basic value of the West, and the media, which used to respect the freedom of choice of athletes, is now entangled in Gu Ailing's nationality issue, which not only loses the style of a big country, but also reflects the anxiety of lack of self-confidence.
American netizens also felt disdainful of the remarks of some US media: "Americans used to be very confident. Someone wants to come to the United States, OK; someone wants to leave, OK, good luck! But you look at them now, what the hell is going on? ”
Another netizen said: "I don't know what politics is inside, but this is the choice she made." The American media should not be so 'sour grapes'. ”
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