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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]This is obviously what happened. She wasn't willing to give up her US citizenship (and the protections it provides), and China agreed to bend (put kindly) their own laws so that she would be able to compete for them. [b]She's obviously not willing to admit that, of course.[/b]

At the moment she has more than 16% of China's total medals in these Olympics.[/quote]
I've been watching the daily IOC press briefings, due to the Valieva case, and they're regularly asked questions about Eileen Gu's citizenship too (and the Chinese hockey team) and they don't want to admit her status either. [/quote]

Re-upping this post to the Gu citizenship question/issue:

[quote]I don't think she has. She has evaded the question (see article below). And it's hard to formally renounce your US Citizenship. You have to do it in person, at a Consulate, and it takes months. I don't think an actual renunciation would have escaped the notice of the foreign press. And I keep hearing that she's attending Stanford - is she on a J-1 visa then? It could happen but I think it would be a pretty big lift for Stanford to argue that someone that JUST renounced their US Citizenship in favor of Chinese cistizenship needs a J-1 visa. And once that news got out, hoo boy. That does not, as we say, pass the Washington Post test.

This article is pretty brutal - and completely spot on. She's being used. I don't think she's totally innocent here, but she is very young.

The citizenship question is in the middle:

https://www.si.com/olympics/2022/02/08/eileen-gu-b...medal-china-citizenship-status[/quote]

I feel 100% certain she has not renounced her US citizenship.[/quote]

Same here. I believe she holds American citizenship and that’s why she is allowed to use social media as she wishes and have freedoms real Chinese do not. And I doubt she would risk her Stanford admission over risk of not getting a J-1 visa. She is way to success minded and self centered for that. [/quote]'

Which makes this her last olympics unless she chooses to compete for the US in 4 years. [/quote]

how so? While China has a no dual citizen ship policy they can make exceptions and appear to have already done so in her case and in the case of much of their hockey team.  While the US doesn't recognize dual citizenship that doesn't mean it's citizens can't hold dual citizenship.  If  another country  gives them a passport they can compete in the Olympics. [/quote]

She can pretend to be going through the process of renouncing her US citizenship this year. Selling the Chinese public on it being a 4 year process is laughable. [/quote]

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