🇨🇳’s Olympic sized budget for soft power push.
“In 2025, the Beijing Municipal Sports Bureau was set to pay Gu and another athlete a combined $6.6 million.”
“That figure emerged in a public budget that was released in early 2025. It accidentally included the names of Gu and
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🇨🇳’s Olympic sized budget for soft power push.
“In 2025, the Beijing Municipal Sports Bureau was set to pay Gu and another athlete a combined $6.6 million.”
“That figure emerged in a public budget that was released in early 2025. It accidentally included the names of Gu and figure skater Zhu Yi or Beverly Zhu, another U.S.-born Olympic athlete who competes for China. The document didn’t break down their individual payments, though it’s likely that Gu, a three-time Olympic medalist, received a larger share of the funding.
“In total, Beijing’s sports bureau was set to pay Gu and Zhu nearly 100 million yuan, or $14 million over the past three years. The most recent allocation was for “striving for excellent results in qualifying for the 2026 Milan Winter Olympics,” according to the budget.
“Gu’s name, along with Zhu’s, was deleted from the budgets soon after they emerged, but not before they spurred surprise and criticism from the Chinese public at a time when budgets were tight for essential services. Those comments were also scrubbed from social media.” WSJ
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