BEIJING - After winning her second Olympic medal, a remarkable feat by any standards, much less one by an 18-year-old making her Games debut, one question continues to surround freestyle skier Eileen Gu: Why is she so secretive about her nationality status?
Even as China's propaganda machinery throws itself entirely behind the American-born athlete representing China, a debate has ensued online about the apparent double standard in allowing the skier to hold dual nationalities.
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