{"id":1286885,"date":"2022-02-09T22:24:19","date_gmt":"2022-02-10T03:24:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1286885"},"modified":"2022-02-09T22:24:24","modified_gmt":"2022-02-10T03:24:24","slug":"china-says-american-defectors-at-olympics-prove-its-genocidal-state-is-open-and-diversified","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/china-says-american-defectors-at-olympics-prove-its-genocidal-state-is-open-and-diversified\/","title":{"rendered":"China Says American Defectors at Olympics Prove Its Genocidal State Is &#039;Open and Diversified&#039;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fchina-says-american-defectors-at-olympics-prove-its-genocidal-state-is-open-and-diversified%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1286885&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">The Chinese state-run&nbsp;<em>Global Times<\/em> applauded its program recruiting Americans to compete in China\u2019s name at the Beijing Winter Olympics on Tuesday as proof the country, which is currently engaging in genocide, is \u201copen and diversified.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Chinese athletes have so far <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/asia\/2022\/02\/08\/china-relies-american-defector-eileen-gu-genocide-games-homegrown-athletes-fail\/\">delivered<\/a> middling to poor performances at the Beijing Games, which began last week. China\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/asia\/2022\/02\/08\/china-relies-american-defector-eileen-gu-genocide-games-homegrown-athletes-fail\/\">victories<\/a> have come at the hands of foreigners who abandoned their countries to represent the Chinese Communist Party, most prominently freeskier Eileen Gu, an American who won a gold medal for China on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>While Gu won her competition, other defecting Americans \u2013 most notably American Beverly Zhu (now competing as Zhu Yi) \u2013 have failed catastrophically, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/sports\/2022\/02\/08\/chinese-mercilessly-heckle-figure-skater-who-defected-from-u-s-after-olympic-fall\/\">inviting<\/a> a torrent of hate from Chinese \u201cnetizens\u201d on government-controlled social media. The&nbsp;<em>Global Times<\/em> article appeared to be an attempt to paint China\u2019s athlete naturalization program more favorably in the face of concerns that Chinese cyber-bullying of Zhu may discourage more talented athletes from defecting from their home countries to serve the communist regime.<\/p>\n<p>The&nbsp;<em>Global Times<\/em> only lightly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globaltimes.cn\/page\/202202\/1251766.shtml\">mentioned<\/a> the Zhu affair in its article celebrating the program, claiming that she was met with \u201cwarm encouragement though she failed to impress some expectant audiences.\u201d In reality, Zhu fell twice and prompted a flood of insults against her and Americans generally, with some griping that she illegitimately took the place of Chinese athletes who could have delivered a better performance at the Games. The invective reached a point of shame for the Chinese government, whose censors scrubbed Weibo of nearly 100 accounts for offending her, according to state media.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Several excellent performances by some \u201cforeign faces\u201d representing <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TeamChina?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TeamChina<\/a> have reignited discussion on naturalizing top-tier athletes. Will the miracle of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GuAiling?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#GuAiling<\/a> change Chinese sports fans\u2019 mixed feelings on naturalized athletes? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Beijing2022?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Beijing2022<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/e93ARbf18B\">https:\/\/t.co\/e93ARbf18B<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Global Times (@globaltimesnews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/globaltimesnews\/status\/1491054693698600965?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 8, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Instead, the&nbsp;<em>Times<\/em> made the case that Zhu\u2019s place on the Chinese team \u2013 and, more prominently, Gu\u2019s \u2013 was a sign that China was a nation open to and tolerate of people of diverse backgrounds.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19785930\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/ANNE-CHRISTINE-POUJOULAT_AFP-via-Getty-Images.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19785930\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/ANNE-CHRISTINE-POUJOULAT_AFP-via-Getty-Images.jpg\" alt=\"Zhu YI\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>China\u2019s Zhu Yi falls as she competes in the women\u2019s single skating free skating of the figure skating team event during the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games at the Capital Indoor Stadium in Beijing on February 7, 2022. (ANNE-CHRISTINE POUJOULAT\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201c\u2018China naturalizing excellent athletes is also a result of the country\u2019s development, as it has been more open and diversified,\u2019 experts said,\u201d according to the state propaganda outlet, which did not attribute that statement to anyone in particular. The article noted that various sports have handled naturalization differently, using as an example the Chinese Football (soccer) Association, which requires all defectors to be indoctrinated in communism: \u201cnaturalized players should be given traditional Chinese cultural education and learn Chinese history and contemporary affairs.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_12877482\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/2df560_shanghai-shenhua-chinese-clubs-put-football-teams.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12877482\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/2df560_shanghai-shenhua-chinese-clubs-put-football-teams.jpg\" alt=\"AFP\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>\u201cMilitary training\u201d as China\u2019s footballers ordered to stay trim, beat virus. (Shanghai Shenhua\/AFP HANDOUT)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The rules first implemented in soccer expanded in 2020, when the Justice Ministry <a href=\"https:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/eileen-gu-us-china-tension-044709184.html\">announced<\/a> that athletes with \u201cinternational recognition\u201d \u2013 meaning those who could bring wins home \u2013 would be eligible for citizenship based on more lax rules. While Eileen Gu has insisted on not revealing her citizenship status, China does not allow dual citizenship and athletes need to be citizens to be on the national Olympics team. Zhu gave up her American citizenship openly.<\/p>\n<p>An alleged professor identified as&nbsp;Zhang Yiwu was quoted in the article as stating the overwhelming expressions of hatred and disgust at Zhu were not representative of the Chinese public.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[A]s China continues to develop and open up, mainstream Chinese society views it normally and open-mindedly,\u201d Zhang said of recruiting foreign athletes and offering them citizenship. \u201cMore people have started to realize that naturalization is the result of two-way selection in a diversified China, which consists of China\u2019s need for sporting talents, and athletes\u2019 identifying with China.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>The article allowed for the fact that many athletes who enter the naturalization process \u201chave faced disciplinary and performance challenges,&nbsp;and some in the public have accused naturalized players of being unpatriotic, money-hungry \u2018mercenaries.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>China\u2019s attempt to portray itself as embracing of diverse backgrounds is entirely undermined by the fact that the communist government is currently engaging in genocide. The Communist Party has built as many as 1,200 concentration camps in East Turkistan, an occupied western region the government refers to as Xinjiang, since 2017, used to imprison, torture, and enslave members of Muslim ethnic groups, primarily the Uyghur people. Multiple governments, including America\u2019s, have denounced the crimes committed in China as a genocide an an independent tribunal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/asia\/2021\/12\/09\/tribunal-olympics-host-china-beyond-a-reasonable-doubt-guilty-of-genocide\/\">found<\/a> China guilty of the crime beyond a reasonable doubt last year.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to torturing, indoctrinating, and enslaving Uyghurs in camps, China has engaged in a mass forced sterilization campaign against Uyghur women to prevent the group from growing \u2013 a major factor in the Uyghur Tribunal\u2019s ruling that the practices in East Turkistan constitute genocide.<\/p>\n<p>Outside of the Uyghur genocide, Chinese government officials regularly brutalize ethnic minorities in Tibet and Inner Mongolia. China also has a poor track record with respecting foreigners. In 2020, Chinese officials in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/asia\/2020\/04\/13\/coronavirus-racism-chinese-city-bans-black-people-from-hotels-apartments-restaurants\/\">Guangzhou<\/a> launched an apartheid campaign to keep black people \u2013 Guangzhou has a large African diaspora population \u2013 from patronizing restaurants, hotels, and other businesses. Officials claimed that black residents were causing the spread of Chinese coronavirus, despite the virus\u2019s origins in Wuhan, China, and landlords and employers followed suit, leaving African immigrants sleeping on the street even when they had the money to pay their rents or for a hotel room.<\/p>\n<p>The Chinese government never apologized for the Guangzhou episode and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/asia\/2020\/04\/17\/china-africans-facing-racism-need-readjust-way-thinking\/\">urged<\/a> outraged African governments to \u201creadjust their way of thinking.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Chinese state-run\u00a0Global Times applauded its program recruiting Americans to compete in China\u2019s name at the Beijing Winter Olympics on Tuesday as proof the country, which is currently engaging in &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1286885","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1286885","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1286885"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1286885\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1286885"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1286885"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1286885"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}