Two women - lionized or chained by the neck

[MsAmerica]

Who Is the Real China? Eileen Gu or the Chained Woman?
By Li Yuan

Two women have dominated Chinese social media during the Beijing Winter Olympics. One is Eileen Gu, the 18-year-old skier born and raised in California who won a gold medal for China. The other is a mother of eight who was found chained around her neck to the wall of a doorless shack.

The Chinese internet is exploding with discussions about which of the two represents the real China. Many people are angry that the government-controlled algorithms glorify Ms. Gu, who fits into the narrative of the powerful and prosperous China, while censoring the chained woman, whose deplorable conditions defy that narrative.

patabook.com/news/2022/02/16/who-is-the-real-china-eileen-gu-or-the-chained-woman/

hostagenews.com/who-is-the-real-china-eileen-gu-or-the-chained-woman/

And a follow-up:

'Chained Woman' Spurs Social Media Movement in China
By Li Yuan

The public thought it couldn’t trust a government that was not truthful about her identity and that was acquiescent when it came to forced marriages involving human trafficking.
On Chinese social media, users dug up a marriage certificate with a photo of a woman who was identified by the government as the chained woman but looked different from her. They dived into court documents that showed the region where she lived has a dark history of human trafficking.

www.nytimes.com/2022/03/01/business/china-chained-woman-social-media.html

newson.in/chained-woman-spurs-social-media-movement-in-china-the-new-york-times/