Recently, Gu Ailing returned to China and won a championship when she came back, on December 9, in the 2023-2024 FIS Freestyle Skiing and Snowboarding World Cup Finals, with a score of 9425 points won the championship.
Gu Ailing appeared in the public eye again, and she always felt that she had "disappeared" for a long time, the frog princess who won the gold medal at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics and was highly watched and sought after, what was she busy with some time ago?
After understanding, it was found that Gu Ailing seemed to have experienced two cyberbullying, one was when she returned to school in the United States in May 2022 and posted "Thank you China", and was asked why it was not "Thank you to the motherland", "Enough money?"."I'm going back to the United States?
The second time was when she served as the ambassador of the United States for the 2028 Olympic bid, and was questioned about her nationality, calling her a "person with a heart", "stepping on two boats", etc.
These two incidents have reduced Gu Ailing's public favorability, and there are not so many people who pay attention.
If you understand the ins and outs, these two cyberbullies are actually a bit inexplicable.
First of all, Gu Ailing, who is less than 20 years old, is still in school, after participating in the Winter Olympics, it should be quite normal to go back to school in the United States, although this girl speaks fluent Chinese, but was born and raised in the United States, it is estimated that she does not understand the difference between "China" and "motherland", it should be the improper use of words, and the words of Internet violence are somewhat over-speculative.
Second, her parents are an American and a Chinese, she was born in the United States, she can choose her nationality independently, and the nationality she chooses is China, in fact, there is no need to have so much malice towards a 20-year-old child.
Third, Gu Ailing is an athlete, and she has enough influence to be selected by the United States as an ambassador for the Olympic bid.
The sportsmanship of the Olympic Games is the first priority, there is no nationality requirement to serve as an ambassador for the Olympic bid, and the Olympic committees of various countries have the practice of inviting some athletes with international influence to serve as ambassadors for the Olympic bid, such as Gao Min, Shen Xue, Zhao Hongbo, Ding Junhui, etc., have been invited to serve as ambassadors of other countries, which is the international influence of Chinese athletes.
Then why was Gu Ailing cyberbullied because of these things?
Personally, I think there are two reasons, the first is that she was overly sought after at that time, I remember that Gu Ailing was overwhelming at that time, and many parents were "cyberbullied" (joking), which triggered a series of discussions on educational issues.
Second, it is to link Gu Ailing with patriotism and link Gu Ailing with politics. In fact, Gu Ailing is a sports athlete, if her experience can inspire more girls to be brave and love themselves, it is the biggest gain, and if the country is separated from this girl, the patriotic feelings of the Chinese people will not be so easily hurt.
When Gu Ailing chose Chinese nationality to participate in the Winter Olympics, she had already suffered a round of cyberbullying in the United States, and Americans actually did not have such strong patriotic feelings, they simply felt that Gu Ailing received top-level training in the United States, but it was a bit of a betrayal for China to win the gold medal. In this case, why should the Chinese scold Gu Ailing for being the ambassador of the US Olympic bid?
Anyway, she still won two golds and one silver for the country, and this time she returned to China and won another championship.
She is half Chinese, grew up in the United States, and chose Chinese nationality, no matter which country she chooses to live in in the future, as long as it is something she personally likes, there is nothing to blame.