As the Games cast an international spotlight on China, the country’s largest social media platform Weibo scrubbed tens of thousands of posts “related to the Beijing Winter Olympic,” in an effort to stem an onslaught of online abuse directed at underperforming Chinese athletes. Weibo, China’s equivalent of Twitter, deleted over 41,000 posts and suspended or permanently blocked 850 accounts on Feb. 9, citing “relevant guidelines and policies.” Weibo’s move comes after Chinese figure skater Zhu Yi, who fell several times on her Olympic debut, became the target of a torrest of criticism on the Chinese internet. Born in Los Angeles, Zhu gave up her U.S. citizenship to skate for China in 2018, one of the country’s many naturalized athletes these Olympics. She also changed her name from Beverly Zhu to Zhu Yi. However, the 19-year-old athlete fell on the ice and finished last in the women’s short program team event …