The U.S. team won 3 gold medals at the Beijing Winter Olympics yesterday (10th), 2 of which were from Asian players. Flipping through the US media, the "acid gas" that was previously used to report on the Chinese player Gu Ailing's gold medal is now gone.
On February 10, Chinese-American Chen Wei won the men's singles competition in figure skating at the Beijing Winter Olympics, and Korean American Chloe King defended her title in the women's U-shaped track skills finals for snowboarding.
On February 10, the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics Figure Skating Men's Singles Awards Ceremony Picture from IC Photo
On February 10, the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics Snowboarding Women's U-Shaped Venue Skills Award Ceremony. Image from IC Photo
The Associated Press reported that Chen Wei's performance was "nearly perfect"; the New York Times introduced him as "winning or losing" and "immersive" at the Olympic Games; Fox News was active before the game, and if he won, he would be "the seventh American male skater to reach the podium and the first after the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver."
CNN praised Chloe King's performance in the first round of the game as "impressive." In the last paragraph of the article, CNN did not forget to mention that Gu Ailing went to the scene of the game to watch the game, emphasizing that she was born in the United States.
Two days ago, Gu Ailing made history by winning the gold medal in the women's freestyle ski jump for China.
In an article titled Gu Ailing on the same day, CNN began with a sour start, saying that "at this year's Beijing Winter Olympics, China's sports dream is undoubtedly the face of the United States." The US media also emphasized that the United States is another hometown of Gu Ailing, and she found her own sports hobby for the first time in the United States.
CNN rendered that "this native San Francisco is playing for China, not the United States" is a "controversial decision" and tries to tie her up with political topics.
Earlier, Fox News host Tucker Carlson sang a harmony with Will Kane, claiming on the "Tucker Carlson Tonight Show" on the evening of the 2nd that Gu Ailing representing China in the Winter Olympics was "ungrateful" and "betrayal of the United States".
Justin Pitt, a reporter for the American current political network magazine Slate, described Gu Ailing as an "Olympic Jerk" in an article, for the same reason as the above two people - born and raised in the United States, but chose to go to China to develop and represent China.
In contrast, on the 10th, CNN only remembered praising Chen Wei for winning the Olympic gold medal with "perfect performance far ahead" and "showing professional skills". It also describes Chen Wei as an "American skater" who is studying statistics and data science at Yale University, mentioning that Beijing is the place where his mother grew up and where his parents met, but did not "paint the scoop according to the gourd": "At the Beijing Winter Olympics on this day, the American sports dream is undoubtedly a Chinese face." ”
On the afternoon of February 8, Beijing time, Beijing Winter Olympics reporter James Tony tweeted that Gu Ailing was asked about "social media criticism of her" in the interview, and she said that "if someone doesn't like me, it's their loss, they can never win the Olympic Games", which she thinks is very reasonable.
Gu Ailing's response has also won a lot of praise from overseas netizens, some people pointed out that as China leads the West in key areas (economy, science and technology, low crime rate, internal stability), the huge overseas Chinese will be more and more strongly attracted to the motherland. Some people think that this is "great response!" ”
On the 10th, Chloe King supported her friend Gu Ailing at the post-match press conference: "Whenever she needs it, as a friend, I will support her, and I am very happy that she has achieved such results." She's amazing, Cheers! ”
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