San Francisco Olympic star draws heat for social media use in China – By Katie Dowd (SFGATE) / February 12, 2022
Beijing Olympics gold medalist Eileen Gu is under fire from some fans after posting a possibly illegal way to avoid internet censorship in China.
Gu, 18, was born in San Francisco but has chosen to compete for her mother’s native China as a freestyle skier. Gu grew up in the tony Sea Cliff neighborhood and took ski lessons in Tahoe, initially competing as an American athlete before petitioning for a change of nation in 2019. It is not clear if she has renounced her U.S. citizenship — China does not recognize dual citizens — and Gu has declined to comment on the subject.
Since arriving in China, Gu has posted on social media, which drew the attention of many fans in China. Sites and apps such as Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, Google search and Wikipedia are blocked as part of China’s Great Firewall, an attempt by the government to censor and control the flow of information.
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