Current Events > Chinese fans turn on US-born figure skater after she falls at Winter Olympics

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Lebronwon
02/06/22 5:12:28 PM
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https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/3166035/shame-zhu-yi-chinese-fans-turn-us-born-figure-skater-after-fall-winter

US-born figure skater Zhu Yi has come under fire from Chinese fans on social media after a fall on her Winter Olympics debut for Team China. The 19-year-old Californian fell flat on the ice during her routine on Sunday, finishing last in the Beijing 2022 womens short programme team event. The hashtag Zhu Yi has fallen quickly became a top trending topic on Chinas Twitter-like Weibo platform, gaining 200 million views in just a few hours, before it was later seemingly censored. Zhus selection for the Games had already been a controversial topic, after she was picked at the expense of a China-born athlete. Born in Los Angeles to a Chinese immigrant family, she reportedly came close to opting to represent the US, but gave up her American citizenship to represent China in 2018, and changed her name from Beverly Zhu. Shame on Zhu Yi, one netizen wrote on Weibo after her routine on Sunday. Zhu Yi, how ridiculous your performance is! another user said. How dare you skate for China? You cannot even hold a candle to an amateur! Another comment, with 11,000 upvotes, said this is such a disgrace. Zhu was cheered by the Chinese crowd at Beijings Capital Indoor Stadium, on what was the second day of competition for the figure skating team event. But she crashed into the wall after messing up a jump in her opening combination, and then failed another jump to finish with the lowest score which knocked China down from third to fifth in the team standings. Im upset and a little embarrassed, Zhu said after her performance, as she wiped away tears. I guess I felt a lot of pressure because I know everybody in China was pretty surprised with the selection for ladies singles and I just really wanted to show them what I was able to do but unfortunately I didnt.

Zhu cannot speak fluent Chinese, something which has also drawn criticism on Weibo. Please let her learn Chinese first, before she talks about patriotism, one Weibo user said. Zhus treatment by Chinese fans is in stark contrast to that of Eileen Gu, another US-born athlete represent China at these Games. The 18-year-old freestyle skier Gu has fluent Mandarin and spent summer holidays in Beijing as a child. Gu has 1.9 million followers on Weibo, and has become the face of these Olympics for China, with her debut in Mondays freeski big air qualifications highly-anticipated on Chinese social media.



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SiO4
02/06/22 5:20:09 PM
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The Olympics are toxic as fuck.

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kingdrake2
02/06/22 5:29:51 PM
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SiO4 posted...
The Olympics are toxic as fuck.


this is true.

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hockeybub89
02/06/22 5:31:20 PM
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China was a mistake

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tremain07
02/06/22 5:36:16 PM
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Yeah, that's kinda how it is with sports. You either become a hero and get treated like a god or you become a villain and they come at you like the village people came after Frankenstien.

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spikethedevil
02/06/22 5:42:55 PM
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tremain07 posted...
Yeah, that's kinda how it is with sports. You either become a hero and get treated like a god or you become a villain and they come at you like the village people came after Frankenstien*.

Frankenstiens monster*

Frankenstein was the creator @tremain07

On topic look at the farore that gymnast caused because she had the gall to care about her mental health last year.

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Calwings
02/06/22 5:44:17 PM
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West Taiwan needs to shut the fuck up

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tremain07
02/06/22 5:44:32 PM
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Damn misconceptions yeah the monster

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brestugo
02/06/22 5:49:01 PM
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Chinese athletes are under intense pressure to medal. Now she knows.

It's part of the CCP's "Plan for Olympic Glory" which targets kids from as early as elementary school.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_119

It's based upon the same schemes the Communist Eastern Europeans used to do Olympics.

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Zikten
02/06/22 5:51:03 PM
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I can't understand why someone who grew up in California would throw away US citizenship to become Chinese and now subject to their authority
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kingdrake2
02/06/22 5:54:55 PM
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Zikten posted...
I can't understand why someone who grew up in California would throw away US citizenship to become Chinese a


the grass was greener over there.

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Mearcstapa
02/06/22 5:56:01 PM
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gave up her American citizenship to represent China in 2018

Thats a big ol oof right there

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Kloe_Rinz
02/06/22 5:57:36 PM
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can a chinese run olympics even be trusted?
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CruelBuffalo
02/06/22 5:57:46 PM
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China is the America of Asia
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Hop103
02/06/22 6:01:31 PM
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The CCP has no tolerance for imperfection and will turn on you for the most petty of reasons (she's only got a taste of their intolerance, some US basketball players who play for China get even worse treatment), she should've known better.

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The Popo
02/06/22 6:01:59 PM
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Zikten posted...
I can't understand why someone who grew up in California would throw away US citizenship to become Chinese and now subject to their authority

When you train for one thing for most of your life and have a chance to compete at the most prominent event on a global stage, Im sure people will make risky sacrifices to get their one chance.

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theAteam
02/06/22 6:09:48 PM
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Kloe_Rinz posted...
can a chinese run olympics even be trusted?

As I saw the Chinese doubles figure skaters get like an 85.64 and then the Russians get a 85.43 or some shit I started wondering about it.

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theAteam
02/06/22 6:10:59 PM
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Hop103 posted...
The CCP has no tolerance for imperfection and will turn on you for the most petty of reasons (she's only got a taste of their intolerance, some US basketball players who play for China get even worse treatment), she should've known better.

That's kinda Asia in general isn't it? Thinking of like those tests kids take that basically defines their entire working lives.

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ColdOne666
02/06/22 6:35:19 PM
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Serves her right for betraying her country


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kingdrake2
02/06/22 7:40:48 PM
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Kloe_Rinz posted...
can a chinese run olympics even be trusted?


nope. they control the olympics. they even disqualifed 2 people from that skating event so china could get into the top 2 places.

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MrKapowski
02/06/22 7:43:21 PM
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Are those actual citizens, or CCP shill accounts?

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whitelytning
02/06/22 8:10:37 PM
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Fuck China.

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Kloe_Rinz
02/06/22 8:33:40 PM
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MrKapowski posted...
Are those actual citizens, or CCP shill accounts?
They can be and often are both. Mainland Chinese are incredibly patriotic
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MedeaLysistrata
02/08/22 10:29:07 AM
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Even just sorting the medals would be an issue

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sondast
02/08/22 10:35:15 AM
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hockeybub89 posted...
China was a mistake
Tell that to the IOC officials taking the bribes.

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MedeaLysistrata
02/08/22 10:39:16 AM
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January is a farce

Guess when we got hardest hit

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DarthDemented
02/08/22 12:40:58 PM
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That happened back during the team figure skating event...

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Lebronwon
02/08/22 12:50:09 PM
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A couple of her falls are now on Twitter now. Hard to find Youtube clips or other sources of it for some reason.

https://twitter.com/Christian_DFW/status/1490670005779931140
https://twitter.com/donna_jundi/status/1490576777994858497

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CommonGrackle
02/08/22 2:27:38 PM
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The Popo posted...


When you train for one thing for most of your life and have a chance to compete at the most prominent event on a global stage, Im sure people will make risky sacrifices to get their one chance.

imagine the entirety of your life revolving around one single sports competition.
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DarthDemented
02/08/22 5:03:51 PM
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CommonGrackle posted...
imagine the entirety of your life revolving around one single sports competition.
It's an unfortunate truth for some...


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EmbraceOfDeath
02/08/22 5:29:56 PM
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spikethedevil posted...
Frankenstiens monster*
Technically the monster's last name would also be Frankenstein using typical conventions.

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PatrickMahomes
02/08/22 5:31:51 PM
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Lebronwon posted...
Zhus treatment by Chinese fans is in stark contrast to that of Eileen Gu, another US-born athlete represent China at these Games.
Do editors/proofreaders just not exist anymore or what

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TrowaBarton7
02/08/22 6:13:47 PM
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Hop103 posted...
The CCP has no tolerance for imperfection and will turn on you for the most petty of reasons (she's only got a taste of their intolerance, some US basketball players who play for China get even worse treatment), she should've known better.

Did you read the article? These are reactions from people on social media, not the CCP.

Not sure how SOCIAL MEDIA COMMENTS are newsworthy. Are we gonna make big news out of people's stupid Twitter and Facebook reactions now too?

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ShineboxPhil
02/08/22 8:23:41 PM
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There's a video of Sonny Weems being heckled by Chinese fans calling him the n-word with a hard "er" while also saying "get out of China"

I was going to post a YouTube link but don't know if would fly with the board rules


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Ahsuis-shia-d51
02/08/22 8:24:32 PM
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Douglas MacArthur tried to warn us.
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IronWolf87
02/08/22 8:37:17 PM
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She should have joined some country that would have been happy to have someone represent them but not really give a fuck if they did good or bad, like Jamaica in Cool Runnings.
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AwesomeFawful
02/08/22 8:41:25 PM
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hockeybub89 posted...
Earth was a mistake


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Prismsblade
02/08/22 8:52:43 PM
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Zikten posted...
I can't understand why someone who grew up in California would throw away US citizenship to become Chinese and now subject to their authority.
When you think about it, this was probably a once in a life time opportunity for her. So assuming she generally loved skating above else would have been a unstandable choice, at least foe some.

Not sure why the CCP chose her though considering her origin.

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ShineboxPhil
02/08/22 8:54:26 PM
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Prismsblade posted...
When you think about it, this was probably a once in a life time opportunity for her. So assuming she generally loved skating above else would have been a unstandable choice, at least foe some.

Not sure why the CCP chose her though considering her origin.

China historically has not performed well in the winter Olympics and prolly recruited her to increase their medal count

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Hoodroar
02/08/22 8:56:30 PM
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At least when American athletes lose we just bitch and whine at the winner. >_>

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Collat
02/08/22 9:08:34 PM
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Even though I think her choice is questionable, I can't help but feel bad for her. That has to be overwhelming.
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Zikten
02/08/22 9:43:00 PM
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Long after the 2 week Olympics, she must face the rest of her life under CCP control

Not worth it to me
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WilliamPorygon
02/08/22 9:50:13 PM
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hockeybub89 posted...
China was a mistake
Letting them host the Olympics was, at least

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ShineboxPhil
02/08/22 9:51:32 PM
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WilliamPorygon posted...
Letting them host the Olympics was, at least

No one wanted to actually host it.
Almost everyone withdrew and the Chinese bid was the only one there.

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BlingBling22947
02/10/22 3:45:40 AM
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wtf

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DocDelicious
02/10/22 4:21:57 AM
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https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/6/0/3/AAYLmLAAC6Lr.jpg

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Zikten
02/10/22 1:02:31 PM
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DocDelicious posted...
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/6/0/3/AAYLmLAAC6Lr.jpg

Fuck these olympics
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SiO4
02/11/22 12:36:29 AM
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Zikten posted...
Fuck these olympics


Ya, that all looks so jarring.

This is the view I am used to seeing...not during winter, but when it comes into view when you are driving up, you notice it.

https://imgur.com/fwIW4uG

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ViewtifulGrave
02/11/22 1:13:41 AM
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Hoodroar posted...
At least when American athletes lose we just bitch and whine at the winner. >_>
I guess you missed all vile shit people were saying about Simone Biles at the 2020 Olympics.

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