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Gold medalist in big air, the young woman saw one of her posts on her Weibo account deleted. Which could contravene the Olympic charter.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) had announced it with an air of triumph in mid-January, shortly after the arrival in China of its first teams: the Internet would be accessible without restriction at the Winter Games in Beijing. “I checked myselfthen assured one of his spokespersons. Facebook, Instagram, Twitter… Everything works.” The IOC did not lie. Within the Olympic bubble, athletes, officials and media can surf the web just like at home. Cool.
But since the start of the Winter Games, Chinese censorship has not completely turned off its turbines. The height of bad taste: she attacked the Chinese star of Beijing 2022, Eileen Gu, gold medalist in the big air. Born in the United States to a Chinese mother who made a fortune in business, the young woman lives and trains in California. The figures of his accounts on social networks command respect: 200,000 subscribers on Instagram, 2.6 million on Weibo, its Chinese counterpart. China falls for Eileen Gu, but the question of her nationality is debated.
“Why can you use Instagram when millions of Chinese in the country…