Nathan Chen won an Olympic medal in figure skating with the most challenging free skate. Chen, who competes for the US, was only briefly mentioned in Chinese state media. On social media, a hashtag about the 22-year-old’s victory did trend on the Weibo short message service. But many of the comments were negative or nationalistic in tone. Among other things, Chen was called a „banana“ – a term used to describe people of Asian descent who are Westernized.