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The Olympics open some paradoxes of dual citizenship between China and the USA
American Thinker ^ | 02/10/2022 | Lynne Lechter

Posted on 02/10/2022 12:21:44 PM PST by SeekAndFind

Who would have thought that, just mere days later, a beautiful gold medal–winning 18-year-old elite Olympian would exhibit the exact disdain and arrogance highlighted in the article?

Eileen Gu was born in California to a Chinese mother and an American father. While domiciled, educated, and trained in the United States, Gu visited China annually to visit her mother's family who resided there.

In 2019, Gu suddenly decided to represent China instead of the United States. When pressed, Gu loftily explained that it was not fame and riches that inspired her switched allegiance, but that she wanted to use sports as a conduit for unity. She argues that she has a unique opportunity to "help inspire millions of young people where my mum was born ... to help promote the sport I love."

After Gu won a gold medal in the Women's Freestyle Skiing Freeski Big Air competition, her life was placed under a microscope. In addition to being an extraordinarily gifted athlete, Gu models, is a superstar in China with her picture plastered all over the country, speaks fluent Mandarin, and has endorsement deals with Tiffany's and Louis Vuitton, among others. Brainy as well, with an almost perfect SAT score, she has been accepted to study at Stanford University.

Many Americans have spurned Gu, thinking her hypocritical, ungrateful for the U.S. training that helped her become a superstar and a high-paid stooge for the communists. Gu's comments in response to the criticism have not helped her cause.

Beside her hackneyed response of just "living my best life," she sounded absolutely nasty.

(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: china; citizenship; eileengu; olympics
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Here the basic question:

Essentially, an American citizen must explicitly revoke citizenship, as Zhu Yi did, or else the citizenship remains in effect.

If Eileen Gu didn't renounce her U.S. citizenship and doesn't have a Chinese passport, since China does not recognize dual citizenship, how is she representing Team China?

1 posted on 02/10/2022 12:21:44 PM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

We don’t legally recognize dual citizenship, either. A former co-worker of mine learned that the hard way.


2 posted on 02/10/2022 12:26:59 PM PST by riverdawg (Wells Fargo is my bank and I have no complaints.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Disgusting communist shill trash. Go represent Mao and flip the finger to America. First generation kids are even worse than immigrant parents because they tend to romanticize the old country.


3 posted on 02/10/2022 12:28:09 PM PST by DesertRhino (Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up....)
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“If Gu didn’t renounce her U.S. citizenship and doesn’t have a Chinese passport, since China does not recognize dual citizenship, how is she representing Team China?”

When it suits them, the ChiComs don’t worry about adhering to their own laws. They just want the wins and the propaganda victories.


4 posted on 02/10/2022 12:30:27 PM PST by irishjuggler
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To: irishjuggler

That female black American/Japanese tennis player is like that. She has a nasty chip on her shoulder. A real piece of work.


5 posted on 02/10/2022 12:33:20 PM PST by Flavious_Maximus (Fauci is a murderer)
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To: SeekAndFind
There is zero evidence she gave up her US citizenship.
6 posted on 02/10/2022 12:34:24 PM PST by Theoria
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To: SeekAndFind
The Constitution DOES NOT PERMIT DUAL CITIZENSHIP. But, when does the Yankee FedGov empire respect the Constitution? They've crapped on it for 160 years.

This is a MAJOR problem, especially with anyone from communist China.

7 posted on 02/10/2022 12:36:36 PM PST by backwoods-engineer (HONK HONK, Clown World!)
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To: backwoods-engineer

Not surprisingly, the US Supreme Court undid laws forbidding dual citizenship, especially the case of Afroyim v. Rusk, 1967.


8 posted on 02/10/2022 12:41:15 PM PST by jjotto ( Blessed are You LORD, who crushes enemies and subdues the wicked.)
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To: SeekAndFind

this kid is interesting. She is definitely smart, pretty, as well as a good athlete. Who her American father is a complete mystery. There’s some suspicion on different people, or if the mother had herself artificially inseminated.

Its widely rumored that she (with her mother managing her) garnered at least $20 million in advertisements and promotions in China, likely much more than she would have got in the USA.

Its obvious that her beauty-pageant and cliche-heavy answers to questions are clearly scripted. The answers about her nationality are also clearly scripted as well.

Compare to Chloe Kim - who talks publicly about her emotional ups and downs while competing, and at a press conference yesterday, asked for snacks because she was hungry after her race. Totally unscripted, totally natural.


9 posted on 02/10/2022 12:45:42 PM PST by PGR88
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I agree with your statement. I have been to 2 naturalization ceremonies. There is a renouncing of the applicant’s former country before the oath of US citizenship takes place. Personally, I would love to see the US citizenship revoked for everyone that kept their previous citizenship then a deportation and a ban from reentering the country.


10 posted on 02/10/2022 12:50:19 PM PST by Dutch Boy (The only thing worse than having something taken from you is to have it returned broken. )
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To: Theoria
There is zero evidence she gave up her US citizenship.

America's globalist, leftist, woke elites will go wherever the money and PR is best. This kid grew up in woke San Francisco, born to a Stanford educated, Silicon Valley, Wall Street employed mother from China. Do you think loyalty to the USA beyond whatever immediate advantage it offers, was ever a question?

11 posted on 02/10/2022 12:50:31 PM PST by PGR88
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So it’s all about the propaganda victory the Chinese are getting from her.

It helps that she is strikingly photogenic, and speaks fluent Mandarin.

I wonder if she will ever want to live and work in China.


12 posted on 02/10/2022 12:52:06 PM PST by Dilbert San Diego
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To: Theoria
US-born Olympic freeskier Eileen Gu dodges questions about citizenship after winning gold for China China does not allow dual citizenship, meaning Gu would have had to give up her U.S. citizenship

Gu repeatedly evaded direct questions regarding her citizenship.

From linked Fox article: "Chinese state media has claimed that Gu became a Chinese national at the age of 15, according to Reuters. The government does not allow dual citizenship, meaning the California native would have had to give up her U.S. citizenship in order to do so."

"The Article 3 of China Nationality Law holds that the country will not admit the dual nationality of a Chinese citizen. Moreover, the Article 9 of that law declares that as soon as a Chinese takes a foreign citizenship, he will automatically lose his Chinese citizenship."

China olympic team members have to be PRC citizens.

Ask to see her passport...She draped herself with the Peoples Republic of China Flag while their anthem played on the podium, sounds like a PRC citizen to me.....Out of curiosity it might be revealing to know if her mother's citizenship remains Chinese.

13 posted on 02/10/2022 12:53:56 PM PST by Covenantor (We are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and fools who can not govern. " Chesterton)
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If Eileen Gu didn't renounce her U.S. citizenship and doesn't have a Chinese passport, since China does not recognize dual citizenship, how is she representing Team China?

The answer is that the two countries' embassies practice "Don't ask, don't tell."

So, unless she TOLD the Chinese authorities that she hadn't yet renounced her U.S. citizenship, they wouldn't have asked.

Regards,

14 posted on 02/10/2022 12:55:55 PM PST by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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To: Covenantor

Imagine a German-American competing for Nazi Germany in 1936.


15 posted on 02/10/2022 1:00:17 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: SeekAndFind

What a circus.


16 posted on 02/10/2022 1:00:53 PM PST by Huskrrrr (Alinsky, you magnificent Bastard, I read your book!)
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To: dfwgator

Turn coat...assuming she was an anchor baby with Chinese mom and American dad.


17 posted on 02/10/2022 1:05:24 PM PST by Covenantor (We are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and fools who can not govern. " Chesterton)
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To: SeekAndFind

“If Eileen Gu didn’t renounce her U.S. citizenship and doesn’t have a Chinese passport, since China does not recognize dual citizenship, how is she representing Team China?”

Essentially, because “team China” wanted to allow her to play for them. I have been curious if they also paid her to.


18 posted on 02/10/2022 1:08:38 PM PST by Wuli
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To: SeekAndFind

“Essentially, an American citizen must explicitly revoke citizenship”

This is a point of US law that no other country on the planet recognizes.

Likewise the USA has never required people fleeing the USSR, China, Cuba, North Korea, Iran, or etc. to submit to the processes of their country of origin in order to renounce their previous citizenship.


19 posted on 02/10/2022 1:10:02 PM PST by MercyFlush (DANGER: You are being conditioned to view your freedom as selfish)
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To: Dilbert San Diego
I wonder if she will ever want to live and work in China.

Reliably corrupt countries are great places to live and work if you have money and influence...

20 posted on 02/10/2022 1:12:09 PM PST by marktwain (Amazing people can read a persons entire personality and character from one photograph.)
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