第二個原因是Nathan在上屆奧運會選擇了音樂Mao’s Last Dancer作為主題曲,Nathan說是他的音樂師選的,他覺得好聽就選用了。他是猶他州的鋼琴冠軍,擁有對音樂品味的深刻理解,這次選Elton John的Rocket Man也很精彩。但是他沒有想到那“毛的最後舞者”的音樂與一位叛逃者有關。這次Nathan在獲奧運冠軍的記者招待會上解釋過,但仍然很難說服人,因為音樂的題目是放在那裏的。
“Bates said, “We’re human beings, too, and when we read and hear about the things that are happening there, we absolutely hate that. We hate what’s going on there,” during a US Olympic and Paralympic Committee event.
“I agree with what Evan was saying,” Chen added. “I think that for a greater change to occur, there must be power that is beyond the Olympics.”
“American Olympic hopefuls Evan Bates, Nathan Chen and Vincent Chou criticized Chinese human-rights abuses during media appearances last month.””。這是說的去年底的事。