Olympic gold medalist Eileen Gu has announced she will work for the United States’ Salt Lake City bid for the 2030 or 2034 Winter Games. Gu took home two gold and one silver medal competing for China at this year’s Winter Olympics in Beijing.
China delays the launch of its Type 003 carrier—the long-awaited next-generation warship to compete with the United States. Is the reason technical, political, or something else? We have Michael Cisek to break down the details. Plus, a Chinese company is trying to match Starlink, the internet satellite system by Elon Musk’s SpaceX. What is that […]
Four months after winning two gold medals for China, freestyle skier Eileen Gu once again became a hot topic on the country’s social media after she announced her decision to support Salt Lake City’s bid to host the Winter Olympics. At the Time100 Summit on June 7, Gu said she would serve as an ambassador […]
As the Winter Olympics continue, both American and Chinese social media platforms have been buzzing with the same question: What’s going on with team China’s star athlete U.S.-born skier Eileen Gu and her citizenship status?
Eileen Gu’s choice to compete for China at the Olympics seems to have paid off—for now. The U.S.-born freestyle skier says she made the choice to honor her mother, who was born in China. But the move has meant financial return, too. After winning gold in the Olympics’ Big Air competition, sales of Gu’s red […]
Reports find U.S.-born skier Eileen Gu is cashing in on her fame in China. Following her victory in Beijing, she’s expected to secure dozens more sponsorships and endorsements from Chinese companies. But experts warn of risks. More than half of China’s Olympic hockey players are originally from somewhere else. But some are questioning why the […]
For this special two-part edition of The Wide Angle, I’m joined by China economics professor Antonio Graceffo—a graduate of the Shanghai University of Sport. I garner his insights into two pivotal U.S.-China issues: American-born athletes starring on the China Olympic team; and China’s startling high-volume investment in U.S. biopharm and genomics companies. While seemingly unrelated, […]
Eileen Gu is in hot water. Her choice to compete for Team China is sparking outrage, a reflection of a deeper societal problem in China—all this through the perspective of four Chinese women. We take a deeper look at how the Chinese Communist Party is behind all of it, and we take a look at […]
Eileen Gu is a freestyle skier competing for Team China. She’s become Beijing’s Olympic darling in recent days, lifted to “hero” status after claiming her first gold medal for the country. But the U.S.-born athlete is facing questions—not about her sport, but her citizenship.
Peng Shuai appeared at the Beijing Winter Olympics on Tuesday. She’s largely stayed out of the public eye in recent months, following her assault accusation against a former official. With some fearing she had gone missing or been taken into custody by Chinese authorities. But during Tuesday morning’s competition, she sat among Olympic athletes watching […]
Bay Area-born freestyle skier Eileen Gu crashed the Chinese internet after winning gold for China on her debut at the Beijing Winter Olympics, the first of three she hopes to claim on behalf of her mother’s home country. “The future is bright” for Gu and her teammates, read a Feb. 8 letter from China’s Winter […]
