Hamartia Antidote
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Athletes from the #2 spot ahead of China arrive in Germany
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No, I'm talking about the part where he said Eillen Gu spoke on the podium and instead of speaking the traditional Chinese speech of "I did this for the Chinese people and for China" she instead said something no other Chinese athlete ever dared say "I did this because i enjoy the sport..I did it for myself".
Intentionally saying "being a nail sticking out of the board is okay".
That’s addressed elsewhere. My statement is regarding to the naive comment by the vlogger in the video as he obviously has no clue about the fervor nationalism that exists in the US.
I think he is aware of it but sees it not being as worse as China's...especially when nobody in his Chinese class considered Eileen Gu American.
Anybody in his class angry about Gu’s statement of being American in America? No such impression was given by what the vlogger has stated.
No, I'm talking about the part where he said Eillen Gu spoke on the podium and instead of speaking the traditional Chinese speech of "I did this for the Chinese people and for China" she instead said something no other Chinese athlete ever dared say "I did this because i enjoy the sport..I did it for myself".
Intentionally saying "being a nail sticking out of the board is okay".
Let me explain to you like this. You know that the general secretary of CCP is Xi JinPing(Chinese name:习近平), but do you know the Chinese meaning of "习近平"?No, I'm talking about the part where he said Eillen Gu spoke on the podium and instead of speaking the traditional Chinese speech of "I did this for the Chinese people and for China" she instead said something no other Chinese athlete ever dared say "I did this because i enjoy the sport..I did it for myself".
Intentionally saying "being a nail sticking out of the board is okay".
Let me explain to you like this. You know that the general secretary of CCP is Xi JinPing(Chinese name:习近平), but do you know the Chinese meaning of "习近平"?
"习近平" consists of three Chinese characters "习" + "近" + "平". These three Chinese characters come from "习文, 近武, 平天下", one of the Confucian spirits. "习文" means to learn knowledge, "近武" means to physical exercise, "平天下" means to bring justice and peace to the world. Confucianism believes that the pursuit of ideals and the realization of personal values(习文近武) is to contribute to the society and the country(平天下).
That's really really nice...but go tell it to Eileen..
"I remember that I'm the one who did the work, and I'm the one who loves the sport, so I'm skiing for myself."
"I'm of course forever grateful for all the support that I've received, to my family, to my friends, to the fans out here. But at the end of the day when I'm skiing, when I'm at the top, when I'm in the zone, it's just me. That's why I love to skiing. I do it for myself."
Damn, so Eileen Gu does return to the US. That's kind of two-faced.
Oh well, at least she inspired chinese to be better at Winter Sports and won 3 medals for China.