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Ruvan22 posted...

In one sentence, what did she do? Grew up in the US and then moved to China and competed for them?

Grew up in US, saw all the Anti-Asians attacks, decided to compete for China.

https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/3125947/eileen-gu-calls-out-domestic-terrorism-asian-americans-amid-spike

It breaks my heart to see something like this hit so close to home, the 17-year-old San Francisco-born Gu told the Post, responding to news of the eight people most of Asian descent being killed in as series of shootings in Atlanta, Georgia on Tuesday. I remember at the beginning of the pandemic, I was with my grandma in a Walgreens in San Francisco and this haphazard, haggard man runs in screaming profanities about Asian people and how they were bringing the virus in and how it was super dangerous. I dont think Ive ever felt fear like that in my entire life.

This was in San Francisco supposed to be the liberal bubble within California, which is the most liberal state, in the most liberal country in the world. This was supposed to be the safest place and I felt physically in danger. I grabbed my grandma and we ran out. I was so scared. That moment was definitely a reset because I realised how close to home it hit. That anybody can be affected just because of the way they look or their culture and heritage.