China is originally a big country of food, and there are countless delicacies. Coupled with the fact that the Beijing Olympic Games coincided with China's Spring Festival, then, if you come to China during this time period, if you don't eat a meal of dumplings, you will come to China in vain.
American athlete Julia Marino doesn't want to miss the opportunity, saying in an interview with NBC that she has eaten 200 dumplings since she came here. We roughly calculate that Marino's about 7-8 meals were dumplings, and the American delegation stayed in the Olympic Village on January 28. Obviously, Marino is impressed by Chinese food, even if we Chinese ourselves, will a person eat 200 dumplings during the Spring Festival?
The Olympic event, the world's attention, but there is an exception. In the five days from the opening of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics on February 4 to February 8, the "Press Room" column of the White House website published 32 articles, none of which mentioned the Winter Olympics. In these five days, the US State Department website did not mention the Winter Olympics once in the news about China. You know, the United States sent a huge delegation of 222 athletes to participate in the Beijing Winter Olympics this time, which is the second most in history. Even when American athletes won gold medals, the Us White House and State Department did not even have a congratulatory news, and Biden did not mention the Beijing Olympic Games in the past few days. The indifference of the White House and the State Department is clearly deliberate, a continuation of the policy of "diplomatic boycott of the Winter Olympics."
In the face of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, the United States showed a cold government and a hot private situation. The ugly show of American politicians has begun again. Today, Xiaobian asks here, do american politicians hurt your face?
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Athletes love China and enjoy playing games to punch American politicians in the face
Sport is not politics, but athletes competing in international competitions can be ambassadors for a country. More than 50 years ago, there were stories of "ping-pong diplomacy" and "small balls driving big balls" between China and the United States. The U.S. athletes participating in the Beijing Winter Olympics did not heed the cold "diplomatic boycott" and extended their friendly hands to the Chinese.
After the end of the competition on February 5, the Chinese curling mixed doubles duo Ling Zhi/ Fan Suyuan presented the American group "Ice Pier" Olympic commemorative badge, the latter was very surprised, especially Pulis, who not only took the initiative to ask the media to take a group photo with the gift, but also said that he must return the gift.
Recently, the video of American athlete Tessa Maud being moved to tears by the enthusiasm of volunteers at the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics "Welcome to China" was screened on social media. Speaking to the media before coming to China, American short-track speed skater Mami Binet said, "I think it would be very safe to travel to Beijing because I know there are many athletes and staff out there to protect everyone's safety." American curler Christopher said a few days ago that the daily nucleic acid testing in the Winter Olympic Village made him feel more secure.
On February 9, the official account of the US Winter Olympic delegation posted a video on social media about the cute Beijing Winter Olympic mascot Ice Pier, and the text said that the American athletes were "hardcore fans" of the ice pier.
【II】
The US media enjoyed the Olympic traffic and punched US politicians in the face
The US media have a high degree of enthusiasm for the Beijing Winter Olympics. CNN has shown great interest in the Beijing Winter Olympics, and they have opened a special page for the Beijing Winter Olympics, entitled "Impact gold medals". At the same time, they also listed the 15 most noteworthy Athletes for the Beijing Winter Olympics, including two Chinese athletes (Gu Ailing and Su Yiming) and five American athletes.
Of course, CNN's reporting style has always adhered to their "Yue Buqun style" style. In response to Gu Ailing, they kept writing: "Gu Ailing is a typical representative of China's new athletes, but a wrong move may make her fall." The article mainly discusses the controversy caused by Gu Ailing's choice of nationality. In addition, CNN has written two consecutive articles about the online violence of Chinese netizens after Zhu Yi, an American-born Chinese figure skater, fell down during a competition (Gu Ailing refuted this).
"New York Times" reporter Qin Ying specially returned to Beijing to report on the Beijing Winter Olympics, and on the first day of arrival, she excitedly tweeted: "The Chinese government is trying to maintain the achievements of the fight against the epidemic, regard it as the success of the 'Chinese model', and send this message to the public - look at the chaos in Western countries, and then look at the domestic situation, China's life is relatively normal, the economy is developing steadily, there is no longer a need for crazy lockdowns, this is China's success, this is the success of the Chinese system." ”
Marilyna Balulis, a reporter for WAVY-TV, a national broadcaster of NBC, posted multiple tweets on social media sharing her daily routine of broadcasting the Winter Olympics in Beijing. In her Tweets on Feb. 7 and 8, she wrote: "There will be so many exciting [moments] for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics! Ice Pier, I hope you will join us in tonight's live broadcast and witness all the big news. ”
In any case, as the mainstream media in the United States, CNN, The New York Times and other media have paid great attention to the Beijing Winter Olympics and the attitude of the White House and the State Department. This is because the U.S. media is controlled by financial capital groups and is largely unstased by the government. The U.S. government's indifference to the Beijing Winter Olympics has had little impact on the U.S. media. Of course, this is also a slap in the face of the US media to US politicians.
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The failure of the "diplomatic boycott"
Is it because the United States does not attach importance to winter sports when the White House and the State Department treat the Beijing Olympics and even show such indifference to athletes in their own countries? Historically, the United States has hosted four Winter Olympics (1932, 1960, 1980, 2002). In the previous Winter Olympics, the United States has won a total of 105 gold, 112 silver, 88 bronze, a total of 305 medals. In the overall medal table of the previous Winter Olympic Games, the United States ranked fourth after Germany (including the former East Germany), Russia (including the former Soviet Union) and Norway. Oh, the right winter sports country.
Obviously, in order to "diplomatically boycott" the Beijing Winter Olympics, US politicians can't take care of anything, just like Yue Buqun practicing the sword spectrum to ward off evil spirits, "If you want to practice this skill, you must first go to the palace." The author has written many times that American politicians, including Biden, are representatives of "hypocritical politics".
However, at a time when the world assumed that the United States would not send officials to the Beijing Winter Olympics, at the end of December, the United States applied for visas for 46 officials of the State Department to travel to China. At this time, the United States also argued that these officials were not official representatives, but would attend the Winter Olympics to provide "safety and medical support", and reiterated that the so-called "official representatives" will not be sent to the Beijing Winter Olympics. American politicians punch themselves in the face.
On February 4, during the Spring Festival, UN Secretary-General António Guterres, Russian President Vladimir Putin and dozens of other leaders of countries and international organizations attended the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics, once again hitting the US "diplomatic boycott" policy in the face.
The author of this article is a special international expert of the Wall Breaking Investigation Bureau: Dr. Sun Lizhou
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