American-born 18-year-old skier Gu Ailing won the Beijing Winter Olympics gold medal on behalf of mainland China, attracting a lot of attention from the US media. Zheng Yongsong, former chairman of the Chinese Institute of Engineers-USA, said that the way the US media reported on Gu Ailing is showing the US's lack of self-confidence. China and the United States have been fiercely competing in all directions for four years. Even in sports competitions, the United States is worried that the status of the leader of the sports world will be threatened, and reports from the US media are showing double standards for China.
He analyzed that Gu Ailing won nine international freestyle skiing championships in the past three years. The American media predicted that it was a big hit in the triathlon of the Winter Olympics, but Gu Ailing chose to represent mainland China, which aroused strong reaction from the American media. Many people said that they could not understand why she abandoned the United States. Fox News even said that she was an ungrateful American child and betrayed her own country.
Zheng Yongsong said that the top female tennis player Naomi Osaka (Naomi Osaka) was born in Japan. He moved to Florida at the age of three, received professional training, and had four Grand Slam champions. She, who has American and Japanese descent, changed her nationality in 2019, joined the Japanese team to participate in the 2021 Tokyo Olympic , but the American media has never questioned Naomi Osaka.
He said that for a long time, many athletes like to be naturalized in the United States and take pride in joining the American team. The media took it for granted. For example, there were three players who immigrated from China in the US billiards team at the Tokyo Olympics last year. Among them, Liu Juan and Zhou Xin were once members of the Chinese national team. The four American national players in the badminton team were all Chinese. Among them, , Zhang Beiwen, , was born in Liaoning and immigrated to Singapore at the age of 13. They were once the national team of Singapore. The Chinese-born player wore the American jersey. The media had no doubts. However, the United States was criticized for joining the Chinese team.
Zheng Yongsong said that freedom is a basic value of the West, and the media has always respected athletes' freedom of choice. Now he is entangled in Gu Ailing's nationality issue. He has not only lost the style of a great country, but also reflects the anxiety of lack of self-confidence. China and the United States have been fiercely competing in all directions for four years, but have not been able to surrender to China. Even in sports competitions, he is worried that the status of the leader of the sports world will be threatened. The report on Gu Ailing shows that the US media now has a double standard for China.
Zheng Yongsong graduated from the Department of Chemical Engineering of Taiwan University. He has served as chairman of the American Chinese Society of Engineers, chairman of the Overseas Chinese Society of Environmental Protection and president of the Chinese School of New Mexico. He is currently an academician of the Institute of Biomedical Medicine of Lovelace, New Mexico.
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