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11/22/2024 02:42:15 pm

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A scathing satire on Jing Chai’s giving birth in the U.S.

The news of Jing Chai's giving birth in the U.S. rapidly causes a hot public discussion.

Jing Chai, a CCTV reporter, hosted "News Probe" since 2003. She became popular due to her in-depth report on the first line in the SARS period. She hosts "Insight" since 2011. Her book, Insight, an autobiographical work about Chai's ten-year experience in CCTV, has aroused a lot public attentions. The book sold over 1 million copies and became the year's best seller.

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As both CCTV's reporter and host, Chai's calmness with warmth style makes her popular. Also, her reports were focused on disadvantaged groups and disclosed the truth of hot topics, making her obtain the title of "the goddess of public intelligence".

In October Last year, Chai gave birth in the United States, and the baby girl is a U.S. citizen.

This incident rapidly causes a hot public discussion. Many Chinese people cannot accept that a famous reporter who always has the image of helping the advantaged groups chose the U.S. citizenship for her daughter. Some people think that she lies to her Chinese audiences by saying, "I don't deny her opinion, but I deny her personality." On the other hand, some people support her by saying that Chai or anyone has the right to decide who to marry and where to give birth.

The second generation of celebrities has currently become a hot public topic. Both Ming Yao and Yi Mou Zhang were discussed by the public on the citizenship of their children.

An observer, Xue Song Liu, points out that whether a person loves the country or not does not depends on where she gives birth or what she has spoke but what she has done well for the society with the citizen role. Whether the country deserves people to love or not relates to if the country pays attention to the pursuit of prosperity, justice, and civilization. 

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