Alysa Liu vs. Eileen Gu: Two Chinese-American Stars on Opposite Sides of an Olympic Proxy War

Chinese-American athletes Alysa Liu and Eileen Gu find themselves in an uncomfortable side-by-side contrast at the Milan-Cortina Olympics: Liu chose to represent Team USA and won figure skating gold, while Gu competes for China. Their diverging paths have turned personal choices about national loyalty into a geopolitical flashpoint.