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Skater Gu Ailing, who represented China at the Beijing Winter Olympics this year, announced that she has become an Olympic bid ambassador for Salt Lake City, the United States , to help Salt Lake City win the right to host the Winter Olympics in 2030 or 2034, and her nationality is also controversial. Be the focus again.
18-year-old Gu Ailing was born in the United States to a Chinese mother. She won two golds and one silver for China at the Beijing Winter Olympics. As Chinese officials do not recognize dual nationality, Gu Ailing’s passport has sparked heated debate, but she has always been vague about the outside world.
Gu Ailing has often said that she chose to represent China in the competition to inspire young Chinese women; this time, she called herself an ambassador “a beautiful example of globalization”. Although there have been cases of Chinese athletes serving as ambassadors for other countries’ Olympic bids in the past, Gu Ailing’s huge business interests in China may be put to the test amid growing tensions between China and the United States.
Salt Lake City Olympic bid committee spokesman Tom Kelly confirmed that Gu Ailing was involved in the work as an “athlete representative”, but said “we have not yet chosen her exact title.”
‘Is she Chinese or American?’ wrote one user on Weibo, where Gu’s US #Olympics role became the second-most-read topic this morning 
Eileen Gu Risks China Fan Base With US Olympic Envoy Role Skier Eileen Gu’s decision to join the US bid to host a Winter Olympics sparked fierce debate in China over the American-born athlete’s split loyalties between the world’s two largest economies. bloomberg.com
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New Zealand has a population of about 5 million, but there are about 10 million cattle and 26 million sheep in the country. In this large livestock country with more cattle and sheep than people, although livestock is an important export gold vein, it is also one of the largest sources of greenhouse gases. About half of the country’s total carbon emissions come from agriculture and animal husbandry (mainly methane produced by cattle and sheep burping and farting). But New Zealand’s current Emissions Trading system, which excludes agriculture, has also drawn criticism from the government.
In order to implement its commitment to stop global warming, the New Zealand government issued a draft on the 8th to price agricultural emissions. According to the plan formulated by the authorities and agricultural representatives, farmers must pay for the gas emitted by livestock from 2025, and can borrow Subsidized by operating forestry, becoming the first country in the world to enact similar regulations.
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Representatives of the 27 EU countries and the European Parliament reached a consensus on the 7th to legislate to provide for the establishment of gender-guaranteed seats on corporate boards. In the future, the “underrepresented” gender – usually women – must account for at least 40%, and high-level positions will be set at 33%. % target; if the company has a minority of male directors, it must also comply with the principle of gender ratio, which is regarded as a milestone agreement that helps to break the glass ceiling of the workplace.
In 2021, women will occupy about 30.6% of board seats in the EU, but there are large differences between the 27 member states: France, with 45.3% of the total seats, is the only country to exceed the 40% threshold; while in Hungary and Estonia , less than 10 in 10 board members are women.
The bill, called “Women on Board,” has a double meaning of women on board and board. It was proposed as early as 2012 and was delayed by many countries. The new rules will take effect in mid-2026 and apply to large businesses with more than 250 employees.
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EU agrees ‘landmark’ 40% quota for women on corporate boards Binding targets for boardroom gender equality come 10 years after proposals first made theguardian.com
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In June, Global Gay Pride Month, many companies will put on rainbow logos and show their support for LGBTQ+ by donating to relevant organizations. The branch of fast food giant Burger King in Austria will launch a limited-time “Pride Whopper” ( Pride Whopper – Consists of two tops or two bottoms of bread, in the jargon of the gay community, preaches “equal love and rights”.
Burger King said in a post that the Pride Warburg joke was “to put a smile on our faces and to remind us to treat each other with respect and peace.” But some critics believe that Burger King’s “rainbow washing” (Rainbow washing) ) – professing support for LGBTQ+ without doing anything practical to improve their situation.
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