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rhouses Definite honey. Peculiar she gave up her US citizenship to become Chinese. What’s the Chinese media saying about it, Dave?
I read her wiki and even though by law China does not allow dual citizenship for those over 18 and forces those to rescind their second nationality or else lose their Chinese citizenship, it does not seem that Gu has actually rescinded her US citizenship necessarily:
“Gu did not answer a reporter’s question regarding her status as a U.S. citizen at the time she changed national representation.[32] At present, there has been no evidence of her renouncing her U.S. citizenship per the U.S. Treasury Department’s Quarterly Publication of Individuals Who Have Chosen to Expatriate”
“For a time, her profile on the Red Bull sponsored athletes website also included the claim that she had renounced U.S. citizenship upon naturalization, but this information was removed when The Wall Street Journal inquired regarding its accuracy.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eileen_Gu
Given that she personally met Xi Jinping prior to obtaining Chinese citizenship at 15, I wonder if Xi hasn’t secretly granted her an exemption from the Chinese anti dual citizenship law due to her being a sports star.