Shoppers look at official Olympics merchandise near a photo showing Chinese gold medalist Eileen Gu as the 2022 Winter Olympics nears its end, Feb. 19, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File) China’s Eileen Gu competes during the women’s slopestyle qualification at the 2022 Winter Olympics,

China's Xu Mengtao claimed the second Olympic gold of her career after landing a clean back full-full-full, one of the most difficult tricks in women's aerials.

WASHINGTON — Three-time Olympic medalist Eileen Gu is back for the Milan Cortana Winter Games, and once again she is representing China instead of the United States — the country where she was born.

The 2008 Beijing Olympics showcased China's reemergence on the world stage. In awarding those Games to China, the International Olympic Committee predicted the Olympics could improve human rights, and Chinese politicians hinted at the same. Soaring ...