At Winter Olympics, China Seeks to Dial Down Anti-Athlete Vitriol a Notch

BEIJING—Geopolitical rivalry between the U.S. and China has at occasions threatened to boil over and scorch the Winter Olympics. Now, Beijing seems to be making an attempt to dial down the warmth.

In latest days, Chinese language web customers have gushed with reward for Eileen Gu whereas savaging Beverly Zhu, often known as Zhu Yi—two U.S.-born athletes competing for Staff China who’ve turn into lightning rods for nationalist sentiment.