Chinese Regime’s Bizarre Olympic Diplomacy: Exporting Athletes

Kazakhstan’s newly-minted Olympic gold medalists in weightlifting, Maiya Maneza and Zulfiya Chinshanlo, are originally from China. Not only that, but they are apparently participants in an elaborate “Wolf Plan” that sends Chinese athletes abroad.
Chinese Regime’s Bizarre Olympic Diplomacy: Exporting Athletes
Zulfiya Chinshanlo of Kazakhstan reacts after competing in the Women's 53kg Weightlifting event on Day 2 of the London 2012 Olympic Games on July 29, 2012. Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images
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Zulfiya Chinshanlo of Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan’s newly crowned Olympic gold medalists in weightlifting, Maiya Maneza and Zulfiya Chinshanlo, are originally from China. The Chinese communist regime’s mouthpiece Xinhua has been reporting this, with various other state media following suit. They are also apparently participants in an elaborate “Wolf Plan” that sends Chinese athletes abroad.

In 2007, a visit by Kazakh envoys to see China’s Hunan Province-based weightlifting team changed the girls’ lives. At that time, Kazakh officials were interested in 14-year-old Zhao Changling (now Zulfiya Chinshanlo), and another weightlifter Deng Jianying, according to state media outlet Chinese Business Morning News.

Deng was already a record-breaker who lifted 100 kg in the snatch in 2005 at the East Asian Games. The Chinese hesitated sending Deng over. Instead, 21-year-old Yao Li (now Maiya Maneza) went to Kazakhstan with Zhao. The girls were given Kazakh citizenship immediately.

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