Both Liu and Gu’s parents thinking reveals a very common view of humanity, biology and technology in post-modern, post-marxist, hyper-materialist China.
For example, if animal-human hybrids are made in a lab, it will most certainly happen in China first.
IMHO, “test tube” or “pecker tube”, who cares?
It’s the relentless training, financial drain, and small stature that make figure skaters...
In addition, it helps to have grandparents available to transport the skater, after school, to endless training and practice sessions at an endless number of geographically-dispersed skating rinks...