California Olympian Eileen Gu Claims Gold Amid Controversy

Olympian Eileen Gu, born in California and now a prominent figure after leaving her birthplace to oppose communist China, secured the gold medal in the halfpipe event at the Winter Olympics held on Sunday, finally achieving a goal that had previously eluded her.

Following her victory, Stanford students participated in a medal ceremony, singing the Chinese national anthem “Volunteer March,” which honors the totalitarian regime and its citizens, while asserting the need to “refuse to be slaves.”

Considering China’s repression of countless Uyghurs, a predominantly Muslim group, the ongoing genocide within the country seems particularly ironic.

As previous reports suggest, evidence of torture and murder inflicted upon Uyghurs by the Chinese Communist Party in designated camps is relatively easy to find.

Only a month ago, members of the Turkish community in East Turkestan—now part of Communist China—gathered in front of the White House to mark the five-year anniversary of Washington acknowledging the ongoing genocide affecting Uyghurs, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, and other Turkic ethnic groups in that region.

In prior coverage, the US State Department released its annual Global Human Rights Report which highlighted abuses by the Chinese Communist Party, including allegations of genocide, slavery, and torture against dissidents.

This report concentrated on the ongoing genocide targeting Uyghurs, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, and other non-Han ethnic groups in the occupied area of East Turkestan.

Interestingly, the 22-year-old athlete offered no comments regarding the plight of Uyghurs in China when questioned about it.

As reported previously, she mentioned it was “not her job” to address the conditions faced by the thousands of Uyghurs enduring genocide in the nation she publicly rejects.