2022 Olympic Winter Games Beijing

weig2000

Captain
I am of mixed ancestry and born in Australia to a NZ father of Chinese/ Scandinavian heritage and a mixed American/Taiwanese mother but now reside on the family farm in NZ.

That sounds somewhat more complicated than I originally thought.
 

weig2000

Captain
I think it would be reasonable for China to allow dual citizenship for the few Olympic athletes.

Why only limit to athletes? Olympic or not.

They should allow all China-born ethnic Chinese to keep their citizenship if they choose so. They can also accept foreign nationals of non ethnic Chinese to be naturalized based certain conditions (merit, heritage, etc.)

If there were any concern about political risk, they can at least follow India's NRI (Non-Resident Indian) model. That is, people holding foreign passports or of dual citizenship are not allowed to hold political office or other sensitive positions.

The current no-dual-citizen policy/law is rooted in historical insecurity or victimhood or resource-poor mentality. Your people is your asset, not your liability. If they have no intention to give up Chinese citizenship, why force them to just because they choose to hold foreign passports? You're giving up at the first sign of competition. People hold foreign passports for a variety reasons, mostly pragmatic ones.

In any case, they need some fresh thinking.
 

getready

Senior Member
View attachment 82492
Haters trying to start shit by going to the IOC to complain, gets rekt again
How many times do we have to teach you this lesson old man
Disappointing to see journalists harping on this and wanting Gu to clarify herself. Feck sake, the IOC is allowing her to compete, what more do they want? Even more disappointing are many of those journalists have asian faces. Bad enough they are of Asian heritage and work for western imperialist organizations to crap on China but they have no qualms to target an 18 year old girl just cuz she plays for China. It is deplorable.
 

getready

Senior Member
Event to watch out for tomorrow would be freeskiing mixed aerials. China has a good chance for gold

Other than that only 3 more gold opportunities, 500m short track and gu ailing's two other events. Did I miss any?
Su Yiming in snowboard . Woman Skeleton with medal chance if I'm not wrong. Pair figures skating. Maybe speed skating relays?
 
Top