Valnao@sh.itjust.works to News@lemmy.world · 11 days ago‘Flattered. Thanks, JD!’: Eileen Gu claps back at Vance after criticism for representing Chinawww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square22fedilinkarrow-up1111arrow-down13
arrow-up1108arrow-down1external-link‘Flattered. Thanks, JD!’: Eileen Gu claps back at Vance after criticism for representing Chinawww.theguardian.comValnao@sh.itjust.works to News@lemmy.world · 11 days agomessage-square22fedilink
minus-squareerythrina@piefed.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up33arrow-down2·11 days agoHer mother was Chinese, so it’s not like it came out of nowhere. And it may well be safer for her in China than to be a person of color in the United States these days.
minus-squareFiniteBanjo@feddit.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down4·11 days ago“Safer than in the USA” is an incredibly low bar, but it’s interesting her family was allowed to return to China after leaving.
minus-squareMiles O'Brien@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down1·11 days agoAs long as you behave yourselves like good citizens and don’t say true things about the party that make them look bad, of course you can return!
minus-squareNOT_RICK@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·10 days agoIt helps she’s winning them gold medals
minus-squarelolrightythen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·10 days agoThis would be my guess. An american throwing shade at the US VP while winning golds for China would be an embarrassment to any other presidency.
minus-squaresome_designer_dude@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down3·10 days agoI can’t tell if this is about China or USA.
Her mother was Chinese, so it’s not like it came out of nowhere. And it may well be safer for her in China than to be a person of color in the United States these days.
“Safer than in the USA” is an incredibly low bar, but it’s interesting her family was allowed to return to China after leaving.
As long as you behave yourselves like good citizens and don’t say true things about the party that make them look bad, of course you can return!
It helps she’s winning them gold medals
This would be my guess. An american throwing shade at the US VP while winning golds for China would be an embarrassment to any other presidency.
I can’t tell if this is about China or USA.
That’s the joke