She was a former Chinese tennis player, but she turned her back on her home country during the tournament and was granted political asylum in the United States, causing her teammates and coach to leave the national team. Despite this, she never apologized to those who were hurt, nor did she feel a trace of guilt, instead claiming that she was young and ignorant and easily deceived.
Although the motherland did not refuse her return, she is now returning to China in a high-profile manner, it seems that she is just to make money. In China's 5,000-year-old culture, there is no concept of "forgiving traitors".
Hu Na, born into a family of sportsmen, maternal grandfather Wen Ling was one of the first people in China to contact tennis and make a living from it, after the liberation he coached the Sichuan tennis team, and continued to devote himself to tennis after retirement.
Her grandmother, Yang Yujun, was a basketball mainstay at Jiangnan Girls' School in Shanghai. Hu Na inherited their excellent sports genes, began to learn tennis at the age of four, and showed excellent ability at a very young age, and was selected for the Sichuan team.
At the age of 15, she won the national junior women's singles championship. In the team, her strength was unmatched, so she was promoted to the national team. Since 1979, some tennis academies in the United States have repeatedly invited the Chinese Tennis Association to train and compete in the United States.
However, under the historical circumstances at that time, the State Sports Commission did not agree. At the end of the year, when the national team returned to the United States, Hu Na traveled with the team as a rookie and won the White House Cup and the Virginia Cup in the competition.
That year, she was only about eighteen years old, but she had already become the "first sister in Asia".
In 1982, a Chinese women's tennis player competed in the United States, which was the second time that the Chinese women's tennis team participated in the competition since China resumed its status as an IOC in 1979.
Among them, the contestants include Hu Na and teammates Li Xinyi, Yu Liqiao, and Wang Ping. In the first match, Hu Na, as the first player to play, successfully defeated Kumiko Okamoto of the Japanese team and made a good start for the Chinese team.
In the end, the Chinese team defeated the Japanese team 3-0. However, according to the arrangement, on July 21, the Chinese team will play against the German team. However, at breakfast on the 21st, the coach and the players found that Hu Na was missing, and they searched for her everywhere but could not find her.
Due to the lack of one player in the Chinese team, the Chinese team lost 0-3 to the German team. After that, Hu Na called the organizing committee through her lawyer, claiming that she was safe and had sought political asylum in the United States.
This is the famous "Huna Incident". The incident had an impact on Lee Xinyi, the team leader and the coach, who left the national team. In addition, this incident has also brought a huge negative impact on the country's image, and has become a sharp dagger for the West to vilify China, stabbing the motherland in the heart.
The reason for Huna's defection was due to the fact that she had a strong dream of competing at Wimbledon. However, due to the regulations of the Chinese team and the arrangements of the Olympic Games, she was unable to realize this dream.
So, she was used by someone with a heart and betrayed her motherland. Hu Na's betrayal sparked a small-scale diplomatic storm between China and the United States, which was characterized as treason.
Although she was granted residency in the United States and continued her tennis career, she faced the dilemma of not being able to compete without an "identity". She applied for "political asylum" the following year, which was granted.
However, injuries caused her to be suspended for eight months. It wasn't until 1984 that Hu Na began to systematically participate in competitions. In early 1992, she retired due to injury.
After retiring from the sport, Hu Na first lived in San Diego for five years, where she qualified as a coach and brought her parents to live with her in the United States.
Later, she moved to Taiwan Province of China, where she founded the "Hu Na Tennis Club" as a consultant and also worked as a tennis critic on Star TV in Hong Kong.
However, in 2004, some changes occurred in the family, and Hu Na and her parents had to return to the mainland. In October 2011, Hu Na returned to Beijing as a commentator for China Net and began to set foot in the field of painting.
She turned into a painter and held a successful solo exhibition in Beijing on November 16, 2014 with two friends.
After Hu Na's exhibition was held, it sparked a wide range of discussions in China. Although 32 years have passed and China has become stronger, she still chose to return, and the motherland did not hold her accountable.
Because mothers are always tolerant of their children. However, some believe that as a traitor, Hu Na should publicly apologize to her motherland. She didn't come back to "pick up the cheap", but seemed to complain that "cheap" was not tasty, and "young" was not an excuse to make mistakes.