who is ding hui?
Ding Hui this past week was allowed entry in to the Chinese Volleyball Olympic training squad and is one of the main new additions in China’s pursuit for a Gold medal at the 2012 London Olympics. Ding Hui was born and lives in Hangzhou, his mother is Chinese and his dad is South African, making him now the first black athlete in the Chinese Olympic team. He’s inclusion in the National Team has received mixed reactions from Chinese citizens. While foreign influx into the major Chinese cities in recent years and certainly the rise of Obama as the most powerful being in the world has helped many accept a positive image of people with African descent, there are still many in the countryside with unsophisticated and largely racist views. When mentioned in the Chinese media, Ding Hui is largely described through the “athleticism of his genes” and some have even noted the “whiteness and size” of his teeth. The government denies existance of racism in China, but there are still traces that can
