“Good birds choose wood and perch” may the choice of the naturalized athletes’ choice

Won at the Beijing Olympics in the freestyle skiing women’s big platform Gu AiLing, is currently the most sought-after people in the world, as well as skiing “genius girl”, “outstanding student”, “model” Gu AiLing already has too much halo, but her national identity is the most topical one. In the hockey team, naturalized players, much of the total, with 15 naturalized players and 25 naturalized players on the men’s team and 13 naturalized players on the women’s team.

With the improvement of China’s national strength, not only the world’s top scientific and technological talents flow into China, but also sports talents begin to gather in China.

Naturalized players are completely different from the foreign aid introduced in professional leagues. Naturalized players must be naturalized to represent their country. Naturalization means full integration, which requires the country to be attractive in all aspects.

Some people in China still think that talented people are still flowing abroad decades ago. In fact, that is a long time ago. China is becoming a new destination for talented people from all over the world.

Ms. Cheng’s Chinese mother moved to Canada in the 1990s and her Father is Canadian. Her grandmother is Zheng Fengrong, a famous athlete in track and field, who is the first Chinese female athlete to break the world record and the first athlete to break the world record. Her grandfather Duan Qiyan was the men’s high jump champion at the first National Games in 1959. Zheng’s main event is the heptathlon, and she won the silver medal in the heptathlon at the 2017 Commonwealth Games. She hopes to compete in this year’s Olympics in Tokyo. It is said that Zheng Nina-li was strongly persuaded by her grandmother Zheng Fengrong when she returned to China.

Nina Zheng joined the Chinese nationality, Canada track and field team head coach Gilbert broke his heart. The Canadian track and field team regarded her as a rising star in heptathlon and hoped that she would represent Canada in the competition. However, Zheng Nina was determined to naturalize to China. Local celebrities in Canada harshly criticized Zheng, calling it “disturbing” for her to represent China.

Figure skater Zhu Yi is the daughter of Chinese-American parents and world-renowned computer scientist Zhu Songchun. Born in 2002, Zhu Yi began to practice figure skating at the age of 7. In January 2018, Zhu Yi won the women’s singles title of the Rookie group at the US Figure Skating Championships with 167.69 points, becoming another new star in the US figure skating world. But Zhu yi was determined to represent China and be part of the country’s sports delegation. Zhu yi joined the Chinese figure skating team in 2018. She and her team are part of Chen Lu’s team and will represent China at world championships in the future.

Figure skater Lin Shan, born in March 2003, grew up in Dallas and became a Chinese citizen in 2019. Linshan finished third at the U.S. Junior Championships and fifth for the United States at the ISU Figure Skating Grand Prix. In September 2019, Lin Shan participated in the national figure skating championships for the first time and won the third place in the women’s singles. In October 2020, At the 2020 World Figure Skating Grand Prix in the United States, Lin Shan won the sixth place with a total score of 182.11, which was the highest score for Chinese women’s singles in an international competition in the past two years. Lin Shan’s dream is to stand on the Olympic podium.

There is a recent speculation is very hot South Korea winter Olympic champion Lim Hyo-jun. Lim hyo-jun’s naturalization is quite different from that of his predecessors. Lim hyo-jun is a native Korean without Chinese ancestry. Born in May 1996, Lim hyo-joon is a short track speed skater who won gold in the men’s 1,500m and bronze in the men’s 500m at the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics. This is a famous athlete with a brilliant record. He caused a stir in China and South Korea as he prepared to naturalize to China and represent the country at the Beijing Winter Olympics. While Chinese netizens naturally welcomed Lim, Korean netizens criticized and abused him, calling him a betrayal and betrayal.

Among these naturalized athletes, some are Chinese and some are pure foreigners. Why are so many foreign athletes willing to naturalize to China? There are several reasons. Some Chinese love China and want to return to their homeland. Part of it is big returns. Like some Brazilian football players, the reason why they are willing to naturalize to the National football team is to value benefits. Most athletes still value China’s prosperity and stability. As China becomes stronger and stronger, many people are naturally willing to join China and become a member of this big family. It’s just that it’s not easy to naturalize in China.

It is understandable that some people in some countries feel uncomfortable when they see their athletes naturalized in China. But you can’t blame China because their overall strength is not as attractive as China’s. Besides, like Gu Ailing, she sees herself as a Chinese, a Beijing girl. She wants to go back to China. Who can stop her?