‘Flattered. Thanks, JD!’: Eileen Gu claps back at Vance after criticism for representing China
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/feb/20/eileen-gu-jd-vance-china-us-olympics
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/feb/20/eileen-gu-jd-vance-china-us-olympics
21 Comments
SamuelRJankis@sh.itjust.works · 49 pts · 183d
For a country whom just had their Attorney General justify the president being a pedophile because the Dow is up slightly you'd think they'd be appluading Eileen for getting paid.
Mantzy81@aussie.zone · 44 pts · 183d
Oh JD, that's not something to be celebrated.
betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 183d
Playing to the base who will
readhear that she dun got thum book-learnins and have something else to hate her for.meco03211@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 183d
This is such an easy indicator of how stupid someone is. If they are only posting videos or clearly didn't read an article past the headline, you know which side they're on.
DamienGramatacus@lemmy.world · 26 pts · 183d
“So, I’m going to root for American athletes, and I think part of that is people who identify themselves as Americans. That’s who I’m rooting for this Olympics.”
So he's saying you can choose how to identify...?
resipsaloquitur@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 183d
Shut up, James.
Elextra@literature.cafe · 0 pts · 182d
I'm not a JD fan but I don't really quite understand how and why she is representing China. She is Chinese American yes but per Olympic rules, she has to have citizenship in the country she is representing but it doesnt seem like she does?? China does not permit dual citizenship?
Whats to stop other countries then from bribing other top athletes to represent them?
FiniteBanjo@feddit.online · -22 pts · 183d
I can understand not representing the USA but to choose China next? Whats after that? Russia? Saudi Arabia?
erythrina@piefed.blahaj.zone · 31 pts · 183d
Her mother was Chinese, so it's not like it came out of nowhere. And it may well be safer for her in China than to be a person of color in the United States these days.
FiniteBanjo@feddit.online · 1 pts · 183d
"Safer than in the USA" is an incredibly low bar, but it's interesting her family was allowed to return to China after leaving.
SARGE@startrek.website · 11 pts · 183d
NOT_RICK@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 183d
It helps she’s winning them gold medals
lolrightythen@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 183d
This would be my guess. An american throwing shade at the US VP while winning golds for China would be an embarrassment to any other presidency.
some_designer_dude@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 183d
I can’t tell if this is about China or USA.
frongt@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 182d
That's the joke
Typotyper@sh.itjust.works · 11 pts · 183d
Well if you read the article...her mom is from China.
ruekk@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 183d
You act like China isn't the next "leader of the free world" with America going to shit.
frongt@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 182d
China has no interest in leading the world. They would prefer if the entire world was Han Chinese.
FiniteBanjo@feddit.online · -2 pts · 182d
China will be the next USSR. Not a leader, a conqueror.
erythrina@piefed.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 182d
Do they want to conquer the world? They want back territory that was part of China in the past and they have broad ideas about "protecting" themselves, but I've never heard that they're expansionist.
Soulg@ani.social · 2 pts · 182d
While I'm not convinced they're going to try to conquer the world per se, the entirety of the belt and road initiative is about spreading their influence and putting countries in their debt.
FiniteBanjo@feddit.online · -1 pts · 182d
LMFAO