{"id":1296400,"date":"2022-02-14T08:58:50","date_gmt":"2022-02-14T13:58:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1296400"},"modified":"2022-02-14T14:07:34","modified_gmt":"2022-02-14T19:07:34","slug":"eileen-gu-posts-to-app-banned-in-communist-china-gives-tone-deaf-advice-when-criticized","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/eileen-gu-posts-to-app-banned-in-communist-china-gives-tone-deaf-advice-when-criticized\/","title":{"rendered":"Eileen Gu Posts To App Banned In Communist China, Gives Tone-Deaf Advice When Criticized"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><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%2Feileen-gu-posts-to-app-banned-in-communist-china-gives-tone-deaf-advice-when-criticized%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=1296400&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1369665491-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>Eileen Gu has become the Chinese poster child for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. Even though Gu is American, born and raised in San Francisco, she chose to represent her mother\u2019s home country instead of Team USA, making the decision to represent China in 2019.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Not surprisingly, the American-born Chinese skier has faced a wave of backlash online for her decision to spurn Team USA in order to compete for China. But now, she\u2019s facing criticism from the very country she represents.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Chinese citizens are blocked from using the majority of mainstream Western social media platforms like Twitter and Instagram, a government system known as China\u2019s \u201cGreat Firewall.\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Prior to her gold medal in the women\u2019s big air competition, Gu posted to Instagram, to which a user noted the \u201cspecial treatment\u201d that Gu receives by being able to access Instagram. <\/span><span>The following exchange was deleted, but not before being captured by a screenshot.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWhy can you use Instagram and millions of Chinese people from mainland cannot, why you got such special treatment as a Chinese citizen. That\u2019s not fair, can you speak up for those millions of Chinese who don\u2019t have internet freedom,\u201d the commentator <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/eileen-gus-instagram-comment-causes-fury-in-china-115439434.html\"><span>asked<\/span><\/a><span>, according to Yahoo Sports.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cAnyone can download a VPN,\u201d Gu replied. \u201cIt\u2019s literally free on the App Store.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Gu\u2019s response to the Instagram user has drawn scorn, as many VPNs are illegal and hard to find in China.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cLiterally, I\u2019m not \u2018anyone,\u2019\u201d one user <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/02\/12\/sports\/olympics\/eileen-gu-instagram-vpn-china.html\"><span>wrote<\/span><\/a><span>, according to The New York Times. \u201cLiterally, it is illegal for me to use a VPN.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Last week, Gu won her first gold medal of her Olympic career, landing the first 1620 of her career to win the women\u2019s big air competition.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Following the win, Gu had to face the music regarding her U.S. citizenship status, but she was unwilling to give a straightforward answer.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI\u2019ve always been super outspoken about my gratitude to the U.S., especially the U.S. team,\u201d Gu <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/olympics\/2022\/02\/08\/eileen-gu-big-air-gold-medal-china-citizenship-status\"><span>said<\/span><\/a><span> when asked if she had to give up her U.S. citizenship to compete for China. \u201cI feel as though they\u2019ve helped me out so much in my development, they continue to support me. And same with the Chinese team. They\u2019ve always been super supportive and they\u2019ve helped me so much. And so in that sense, I think that that speaks volumes to the ability of sport to bridge the gap and to be a force for unity.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>China does not allow dual citizenship, meaning that Gu would have had to give up her U.S. citizenship in order to compete, or China made an exception in order to allow Gu to compete on the Chinese Olympic roster.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cYeah, um, first of all, I\u2019m an 18-year old girl,\u201d Gu <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/olympics\/2022\/02\/08\/eileen-gu-big-air-gold-medal-china-citizenship-status\"><span>said<\/span><\/a><span> when pressed to answer. \u201cI\u2019m a kid. I haven\u2019t even gone to college yet. I\u2019m a pretty normal person . . .\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIf people don\u2019t have a good heart, they won\u2019t believe me, because they can\u2019t empathize with people who do have a good heart,\u201d she continued. \u201cAnd so in that sense, I feel as though it\u2019s a lot easier to block out the hate now. And also, they\u2019re never going to know what it feels like to win an Olympic gold medal.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Gu will participate in the final of the women\u2019s slopestyle event on Tuesday.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i>Joe Morgan is the Sports Reporter for The Daily Wire. Most recently, Morgan covered the Clippers, Lakers, and the NBA for Sporting News. Send your sports questions to&nbsp;<\/i><i>sports@dailywire.com<\/i><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire\u2019s first original film, Shut In, has made its cinematic debut, being met with rave reviews. The Daily Wire is building an alternative to the leftist entertainment industry, one gripping movie at a time. Join us in this mission and stream Shut In today by becoming a Daily Wire <a class=\"in-cell-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">member<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eileen Gu has become the Chinese poster child for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. 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