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Jin Jing

Jin Jing (Chinese: 金晶; Pinyin: Jīn Jīng; born in 1981 in Hefei, Anhui, China[1]) is a Chinese female Paralympic fencer. She was a torchbearer carrying the Olympic torch amid political protests during the 2008 Summer Olympics torch relay in Paris, France. According to ABC News, she fended off protestors who "threw themselves" at her and defended the Olympic torch.[2] Jin has gained national fame in China because of the incident,[3] but was attacked on Chinese internet bulletin boards for her stance in the following Carrefour boycott.[4][5][6]

Family and personal life

Jin Jing's parents are wage earners. Her father is Jin Jiansheng (Chinese: 金建生), a rusticated youth who moved from Shanghai to Anhui during the Cultural Revolution. In Anhui, Mr. Jin married Liu Huayao (Chinese: 刘华瑶), Jin's mother. Jin was born in 1981, in Hefei, Anhui.[1] Jin Jing has a younger sister, Jin Renyu (Chinese: 金任钰).[7]

Jin had part of her right leg amputated in 1989 when she was in elementary school after a malignant tumor was found on her ankle and later underwent a year of chemotherapy.[1] Jin Jing moved to Shanghai with her family in 1995 and studied information technology in a technical secondary school. After graduation, she worked as a telephone operator in a hotel in Shanghai and is currently unemployed.[1][8] Jin is currently single.[8]

Career

On July 13, 2001, the day when Beijing was elected the host city for 2008 Summer Olympics, Jin Jing became a member of the Shanghai Wheelchair Fencing Team. Later on she joined the Chinese National Wheelchair Fencing Team.[9]

Her career as a fencer is summarized as the following table:

Year Tournament Venue Event Result Source
2002 Wheelchair Fencing World Cup Warsaw, Poland Women's Wheelchair Fencing Épée 8 th [9]
2002 FESPIC Games Busan, South Korea Women's Wheelchair Fencing Épée silver [10]
Women's Wheelchair Fencing Foil (Team) bronze
2003 6th National Paralympic Games of the P.R. China Nanjing, China Women's Wheelchair Fencing Épée bronze [9]
Women's Wheelchair Fencing Foil (Team) silver
2003 World Wheelchair Games Christchurch, New Zealand Women's Wheelchair Fencing Épée bronze [9]
2005 National Table Tennis and Fencing Games Nanjing, China Women's Wheelchair Fencing Foil bronze [9]
2005 Wheelchair Fencing World Cup Hong Kong Women's Wheelchair Fencing Épée 5 th [9]
Women's Wheelchair Fencing Foil 5 th

2008 Summer Olympics torch relay

Main article: 2008 Summer Olympics torch relay
An attempt to wrestle the torch from Jin Jing in Paris[2]

In 2007, Jin Jing turned up for a selective trial, titled You Are the Torchbearer, which was organized by China Central Television, and was chosen to be an Olympic torchbearer. On April 7, 2008, she was the third torchbearer carrying the Olympic Flame during the relay in Paris, amidst protests and physical attempts to snatch the torch by demonstrators.[11][12] According to ABC News, "Protesters denouncing Chinese policy in Tibet threw themselves at Jin. Most were wrestled away by police but at least one reached her wheelchair and tried to wrench the torch away."[2] Jin was quoted by the state-run newspaper China Daily as saying that she "would die to protect the torch."[13] The International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge commented on the incident, saying, "What shocked me most is when someone tried to rob the torch off a wheelchair athlete, a disabled athlete who was unable to defend the torch. This is unacceptable."[2]

On her arrival back to Beijing, after the Paris relay, Jin was interviewed by Sohu. Of her experience of the relay, she said:

They began lunging towards me, trying to grab the torch from my hands. I tried to hide the torch with my body and managed to keep it from them. I was focused on the three or four separatists attacking me. I'm not sure how many were behind me. I felt people trying to take the torch from me. That's when some of the escort runners , as well as the tourist guide assigned to me in Paris, came over to help me, drawing the attackers away. People ask me how I dealt with the danger. I don't think I thought too much about it. I trusted the escorts around me. They were the ones, along with my guide, that faced the danger.[14]

Jin has been celebrated first on internet bulletin boards and soon in Chinese media.[15][16][17][18] She was treated to a hero's welcome upon her return to Beijing and China's news reports described her as the "Smiling Angel in Wheelchair" and the "Most Beautiful Torchbearer". [19] [20][21] According to Canada's The Globe and Mail, initially the state media of China censored reports on the torch protest and the incident involving Jin Jing, but it soon reported on the protest and portrayed China as the victim, thus appealing to patriotic sentiments.[22] The UK's The Times wrote that Chinese media coverage of the Paris leg of the relay was "reminiscent of the Cultural Revolution when propaganda organs were able to whip up the public into a frenzy of rage over an issue of their choice."[23] The Associated Press wrote that Jin is "now known as a defender of China's dignity" and joins "a list of heroes promoted by the communist government's propaganda authorities",[24] while The Sydney Morning Herald called her a "new heroine in China" by whom Beijing "is trying to claw back one or two propaganda points from the torch's recent rocky progress."[25]

The event involving Jin Jing in Paris sparked outrage around China and Chinese citizens started to urge on the internet for a boycott of French goods and businesses, and touted to "hunt down" the protestor who accosted Jin and "teach him a lesson."[26][27][28][12]

On April 21st, two weeks after the incident, Jin received a personal letter from French president Nicolas Sarkozy, delivered by Senate President Christian Poncelet. In the letter Sarkozy referred to the attack as "intolerable", and said he "condemns it with the utmost force."[29] Jin later expressed her disappointment to the press that Sarkozy "expressed regret, shock and condemnation but no apology."[30]

Commenting on on Tibet itself in interviews, she said she knew little of politics before encountering the demonstrations in Paris, and had never heard of the pro-Tibet independence movement.When asked by the UK's The Daily Telegraph she also said, "My opinion before was that Tibet was an inseparable part of our country, now I hold this point more firmly than before."[31]

Boycott of Carrefour

In April 2008, amidst calls in China to boycott French retailer Carrefour to show anger towards France and the experience Jin Jing had in Paris, Jin said she does not want people to boycott Carrefour since most of its employees are Chinese and they will be first affected.[32] She was labeled a "traitor" by netizens on Chinese internet bulletin boards, along with strong personal attacks.[4][5][6]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Chang Guoshui and Xiang Lei (2008-04-10). ""最美火炬手"原是合肥女孩！" (in Simplified Chinese). Anhuinews.com. Retrieved 2008-04-15. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  2. ^ a b c d Emma Graham-Harrison (2008-04-11). "Disabled Torch Bearer Becomes Chinese Hero". ABC News. Retrieved 2008-04-14. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  3. ^ Sally Huang (2008-04-11). "Olympic Torch Relay". Yahoo News. Retrieved 2008-04-14. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  4. ^ a b ""China vor den Olympischen Spielen. Der Hass trifft selbst die Helden"" (in German). Sueddeutsche Zeitung. 2008-04-18. Retrieved 2008-04-22.
  5. ^ a b "金晶姑娘呼吁网友别抵制家乐福，被打成汉奸" (in Chinese simplified). 2008-04-18. Retrieved 2008-04-21. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  6. ^ a b ""Hero to Traitor: The Difference a Day Makes"". China Digital Times. 2008-04-19. Retrieved 2008-04-23.
  7. ^ Zhang Zhongjiang (2008-04-14). "金晶回家先上舞台 妹妹不开心：本想给她做蛋汤" (in Simplified Chinese). Chinanews.com.cn. Retrieved 2008-04-15. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  8. ^ a b Zhang Zhongjiang (2008-04-10). "平凡金晶还没有男朋友 十运会后月收入不足千元" (in Simplified Chinese). Chinanews.com.cn. Retrieved 2008-04-15. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  9. ^ a b c d e f "残疾人火炬手金晶用残缺身体保护奥运圣火顺利传递" (in Simplified Chinese). The Official Website of the Torch Relay. 2008-04-08. Retrieved 2008-04-15. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  10. ^ Liang, Yan "Handicapped Jin receives hero's welcome for protecting Olympic torch in Paris". Xinhua. 2008-04-10. Retrieved 2008-04-15. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  11. ^ "Torchbearer exhibits courage in Paris". The Official Website of the Torch Relay. 2008-04-08. Retrieved 2008-04-15. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  12. ^ a b Ni Ching-Ching (2008-04-12). "Anger is growing in China over Olympics Protests". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2008-04-14. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  13. ^ Liu Wei (2008-04-14). "Golden girl lifts a nation". China Daily. Retrieved 2008-04-16. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  14. ^ "Interview with torchbearer Jin Jing". The official Website of the Torch Relay. 2008-04-10. Retrieved 2008-04-14. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  15. ^ Ramzy Austin (2008-04-09). "China's View of the Olympic Torch War". Time. Retrieved 2008-04-15. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  16. ^ Lydia Chen (2008-04-09). "Touche: Assailant meets match". Shanghai Daily. Retrieved 2008-04-15. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  17. ^ Zhang Ning (2008-04-14). "Handicapped girl wins respect for protecting sacred flame". CCTV. Retrieved 2008-04-15. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  18. ^ "Jin Jing's back home in Shanghai!". The Official Website of the Torch Relay. 2008-04-10. Retrieved 2008-04-15. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  19. ^ Ed Flanagan (2008-04-10). "China's 'Smiling Angel in Wheelchair"". MSNBC. Retrieved 2008-04-10. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  20. ^ Ma Hailin (2008-04-09). "Photos: Heroic torchbearer Jin Jing back in Beijing". The Official Website of the Torch Relay. Retrieved 2008-04-15. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  21. ^ "Chinese angel comes home". The Official Website of the Torch Relay. 2008-04-10. Retrieved 2008-04-15. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  22. ^ Geoffrey York (2008-04-12). "China spins protests abroad to buttress support at home". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2008-04-15. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  23. ^ Jane Macartney (2008-04-12). "Chinese media provokes outrage over pro-Tibet Olympics protests". The Times. Retrieved 2008-04-15. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  24. ^ "The Associated Press: China's Olympic torch defender speaks out". ap.google.com. Retrieved 2008-05-01.
  25. ^ "China's propaganda flame-out - World - smh.com.au". smh.com.au. Retrieved 2008-05-01.
  26. ^ "Carrefour faces China boycott bid". BBC News. 2008-04-15. Retrieved 2008-04-15. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  27. ^ Chris O'Brien (2008-04-15). "Chinese citizens organize boycott of French goods". The Washington Times. Retrieved 2008-04-15. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  28. ^ Aileen McCabe (2008-04-15). "Chinese web awash with calls for boycott of French goods". Canada.com. Retrieved 2008-04-15. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  29. ^ "Sarkozy apologies to disabled China athlete attacked in torch relay". Associate Press. 2008-04-21. Retrieved 2008-04-21. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
  30. ^ "Sarkozy writes to Chinese torch-bearer". www.dw-world.de. 2008-04-22. Retrieved 2008-04-22. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
  31. ^ Richard Spencer (2008-04-12). "Disabled girl becomes China's Olympic heroine". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 2008-04-16. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  32. ^ 张宴飞 (2008-04-18). "金晶:家乐福还有很多中国员工[图]" (in Chinese simplified). www.eastday.com. Retrieved 2008-04-21. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)

See also

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