No one has yet admitted it but China has already emerged as the most powerful nation on the planet for a long time now.
There I said it.
China is the most powerful nation on earth, and let no one doubt that.
Countries in their part of the world knows about this for a very long time, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Japan, and all the smaller nations in Asia, particularly those that China has the territorial disputes over the islands in the South China Sea.
• China Does Not Recognize the South China Sea Ruling
China has taken over international organizations.
The World Health Organization bows down to China.
The United Nations bends over backwards for China.
The U.S., E.U., NATO and Climate Change Leaders walk on eggshells trying not to make China upset.
Nations which owe China money are on this list.
• Hundreds of countries owe China hundreds of billions of dollars
Giant international corporations, local Chinese companies and the Chinese people fear and go all the way not to antagonize the Chinese government. In fact many countries, companies and sports organizations are held on a lease by China.
Rich and famous Athletes kiss China's feet.
The news, social media, other prominent people and who else, almost everyone are scared of China.
IOC
Of course even the Olympics have come up with a different set of rules for China than for everyone else.
Take for example Eileen Gu.
18 year old Eileen was born in the United States and she lives there. She is of Chinese and American parents. She studies and trains in the U.S. and basically "visits" the land of her Chinese parent on school breaks, like most families who migrated abroad.
But the thing about Eileen and China is that China does not allow dual citizenship.
And there is no record of Eileen having renounced her American citizenship or obtaining Chinese citizenship -- which should be a matter of public record.
The response from Eileen when she says that "when I'm in the U.S., I am American and when I'm in China, I am Chinese" is a fairly common sentiment among migrants to the United States. But not when you are representing a nation in international competitions. In the Olympics, there is only one nation that you are representing, you are to choose one.
We know many athletes and countries have done something similar in the past, but the pathways are always messy, complicated and hard to comply with. Now for a country that does not subscribe to the idea of dual citizenship this is really just a case of some old-school host-nation home-cooking right here.
Okay, now the case of the other infamous teenager, 15 year old Olympian (Russian) skater Kamila Valieva is even more bizarre. I guess Russia is riding China's clout and influence and this really makes the power of China even more impressive.
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