{"id":904,"date":"2026-03-06T00:42:27","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T00:42:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vibes15.com\/?p=904"},"modified":"2026-03-06T00:42:27","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T00:42:27","slug":"after-performing-a-tribute-skate-to-her-single-dad-alysa-liu-could-barely-hold-back-tears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vibes15.com\/?p=904","title":{"rendered":"AFTER PERFORMING A TRIBUTE SKATE TO HER SINGLE DAD, ALYSA LIU COULD BARELY HOLD BACK TEARS"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"entry-header\">\n<p class=\"entry-title\">\u201cMY FATHER GAVE EVERYTHING FOR THIS.\u201d \u2014 AFTER PERFORMING A TRIBUTE SKATE TO HER SINGLE DAD, ALYSA LIU COULD BARELY HOLD BACK TEARS. Fresh off the ice, where she had just dedicated an emotional program to her father, Alysa Liu spoke openly about the man who built her world. In a newly released video, she honored Arthur Liu \u2014 the single dad who raised five children and poured his savings, time, and belief into her skating dream from the age of five. \u201cHe spared no money, no time,\u201d she said. \u201cHe believed in me before anyone else did.\u201d Now an Olympic champion, Alysa says the responsibility has shifted. \u201cI\u2019m the pillar of my family now. It\u2019s my turn.\u201d The clip ends with her father visibly emotional, sharing a quiet message of pride \u2014 a moment fans say shines even brighter than the medal itself.<\/p>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"entry-content\"><ins class=\"982a9496\" data-key=\"a835c143931403ba551d7ad7f954d0ca\"><\/ins><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">She is\u00a0<span data-track-module=\"internal-body-link\">America\u2019s undisputed ice queen\u00a0<\/span>after skating her way to\u00a0<span data-track-module=\"internal-body-link\">gold medal glory\u00a0<\/span>at the 2026 Winter\u00a0<span data-track-module=\"internal-body-link\">Olympics<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">But Alysa Liu\u2019s refugee father has revealed just how close the 20-year-old sensation came to quitting the sport for good when she was hounded by ruthless Chinese spies.<\/p>\n<div class=\"MZhtc5cV\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The figure skater\u2019s ordeal dates back to a brazen 2021 plot to harass and intimidate US-based opponents of\u00a0<span data-track-module=\"internal-body-link\">Xi Jinping<\/span>\u2019s communist regime.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Party apparatchiks are said to have drawn up a secret list of enemies that included Alysa\u2019s dissident dad, Arthur Liu, who fled to the West in the wake of the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The crony they hired to doorstep Arthur\u2019s\u00a0<span data-track-module=\"internal-body-link\">California<\/span>\u00a0home in October 2021, posing as an official from the US Olympic Committee, seemed an unlikely Chinese spy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">But Arthur sensed something was wrong when Matthew Ziburis, 53 \u2013 a burly private bodyguard and former State of\u00a0<span data-track-module=\"internal-body-link\">Florida<\/span>\u00a0correctional officer \u2013 demanded copies of their passports.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\u2018He said something about pre-international travel readiness, but he wasn\u2019t very convincing,\u2019 Arthur, 61, told the Daily Mail in an exclusive interview.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\u2018I\u2019ve been dealing with US Figure Skating for many years, so I knew this wasn\u2019t a legitimate way of going about things. I sent him packing.\u2019<\/p>\n<div data-module-version=\"1.17.6\" data-dataset-id=\"2255\" data-mol-fe-xpmodule-newsletter-sign-up=\"\" data-newsletter=\"configurable\" data-form-action-url=\"https:\/\/link.news.dailymail.com\/s\/US-weekly-news-newsletter\" data-environment=\"production\" data-newsletter-id=\"US-weekly-news-newsletter\" data-newsletter-channel-colour=\"news\" data-watermark=\"uk\" data-image=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2025\/10\/27\/US_Sign_Up_Module_Image.png\" data-title=\"Sign up to our Editor's Picks newsletter \" data-subtitle=\"\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-sign-up_2K2O1Qev\" data-track-module=\"newsletter-sign-up\">\n<div class=\"erd_scroll_detection_container erd_scroll_detection_container_animation_active\">\n<div class=\"erd_scroll_detection_container\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<div class=\"erd_scroll_detection_container\">\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-bf56c64a61793523\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2026\/02\/25\/18\/106673089-15591857-Gold_medalist_Alysa_Liu_almost_quit_skating_at_20_after_being_ho-a-9_1772044357385.jpg\" alt=\"Gold medalist Alysa Liu almost quit skating at 20 after being hounded by ruthless Chinese spies, her refugee father revealed to the Daily Mail\" width=\"634\" height=\"425\" data-gallery-handler-attached=\"true\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"imageCount-fAPp8\"><span class=\"plusSign-u_CKT\">+<\/span>16<\/div>\n<div class=\"viewGalleryText-NXaet\">View gallery<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">\u00a0Gold medalist Alysa Liu almost quit skating at 20 after being hounded by ruthless Chinese spies, her refugee father revealed to the Daily Mail<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-a353bff6e989a272\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2026\/02\/25\/20\/106672931-15591857-Arthur_Liu_told_the_Daily_Mail_about_the_family_s_2022_ordeal_wh-a-74_1772051964231.jpg\" alt=\"Arthur Liu told the Daily Mail about the family\u2019s 2022 ordeal, when a Chinese spy targeted their family in a brazen attempt to harass and intimidate US-based opponents of Xi Jinping\u2019s regime\" width=\"634\" height=\"837\" data-gallery-handler-attached=\"true\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"imageCount-fAPp8\"><span class=\"plusSign-u_CKT\">+<\/span>16<\/div>\n<div class=\"viewGalleryText-NXaet\">View gallery<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Arthur Liu told the Daily Mail about the family\u2019s 2022 ordeal, when a Chinese spy targeted their family in a brazen attempt to harass and intimidate US-based opponents of Xi Jinping\u2019s regime<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mol-img-group floatRHS\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">The seemingly unlikely spy was\u00a0Matthew Ziburis, 53 \u2013 a private bodyguard and former State of Florida correctional officer \u2013 who demanded copies of their passports when he arrived at their family home<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">It was only when the FBI contacted him a week later that Arthur, a Bay Area attorney and lifelong pro-democracy campaigner, began to piece things together.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Alysa, a prodigious talent who became the youngest ever US figure skating champion at age 13, was preparing for Beijing 2022, her first Olympics.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">If she could be persuaded to represent China, it would have been a stunning propaganda coup for Xi\u2019s \u2018naturalization project\u2019.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Alysa Liu Reacts To Dad Getting Emotional Over Gold Medal Performance\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6lXI32C15mU\" width=\"327\" height=\"582\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">But if Alysa refused and instead voiced dissent from the medal podium it could have meant global humiliation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\u2018There was contact, that\u2019s about all I want to say about it,\u2019 said Arthur.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\u2018I continued to organize protests and demonstrations against the Chinese government for many years after arriving in the US.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\u2018Given my background, it was impossible for me to allow her to compete on their behalf.\u2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">That refusal, Arthur believes, sealed the family\u2019s ordeal.<\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-38c3083999e3560f\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2026\/02\/25\/19\/106673143-15591857-Alysa_is_regarded_as_a_prodigious_talent_who_became_the_youngest-a-21_1772046052728.jpg\" alt=\"Alysa is regarded as a prodigious talent who became the youngest ever US figure skating champion at age 13 Father and daughter attended a press conference at\u00a0Oakland Ice Center in 2019 when Alysa was 13\" width=\"634\" height=\"426\" data-gallery-handler-attached=\"true\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"imageCount-fAPp8\"><span class=\"plusSign-u_CKT\">+<\/span>16<\/div>\n<div class=\"viewGalleryText-NXaet\">View gallery<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Alysa is regarded as a prodigious talent who became the youngest ever US figure skating champion at age 13 Father and daughter attended a press conference at\u00a0Oakland Ice Center in 2019 when Alysa was 13<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-3d4f8e37fe0092a5\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2026\/02\/25\/20\/106673107-15591857-Arthur_is_viewed_as_a_dissident_to_the_Chinese_Communist_Party_f-a-75_1772051964235.jpg\" alt=\"Arthur is viewed as a dissident to the Chinese Communist Party \u2013 fleeing China for the West in the wake of the 1989\u00a0Tiananmen Square massacre\" width=\"634\" height=\"958\" data-gallery-handler-attached=\"true\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"imageCount-fAPp8\"><span class=\"plusSign-u_CKT\">+<\/span>16<\/div>\n<div class=\"viewGalleryText-NXaet\">View gallery<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Arthur is viewed as a dissident to the Chinese Communist Party \u2013 fleeing China for the West in the wake of the 1989\u00a0Tiananmen Square massacre<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-20b81041bf44a149\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2026\/02\/25\/20\/106672925-15591857-When_Ziburis_demanded_Arthur_and_Alysa_Liu_s_passport_Arthur_bec-a-76_1772051964235.jpg\" alt=\"When Ziburis demanded Arthur and Alysa Liu\u2019s passport, Arthur became suspicious because he knew this was not the usual procedure \u2013 a concern confirmed a week later when the FBI contacted him\" width=\"634\" height=\"850\" data-gallery-handler-attached=\"true\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"imageCount-fAPp8\"><span class=\"plusSign-u_CKT\">+<\/span>16<\/div>\n<div class=\"viewGalleryText-NXaet\">View gallery<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">When Ziburis demanded Arthur and Alysa Liu\u2019s passport, Arthur became suspicious because he knew this was not the usual procedure \u2013 a concern confirmed a week later when the FBI contacted him<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Ziburis flew out to Richmond, California, with instructions to plant hidden cameras and use a GPS tracker to monitor Arthur\u2019s every move, according to a federal indictment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">A colleague spotted him skulking along the corridor of Arthur\u2019s law offices.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">But when the FBI rang to warn Arthur\u00a0that Ziburis was en route to the family home for a second time, he and his daughter were one step ahead.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\u2018He was driving to our house while we were boarding a plane,\u2019 Arthur recalled.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\u2018It was a game of cat and mouse. I felt like I was in a movie.\u2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The pair were headed to US Figure Skating headquarters in Colorado Springs where Arthur arranged for Alysa to live and train until she left for Beijing the following February.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Being wrenched from her friends and four younger siblings left the starlet feeling lonely and miserable, Arthur conceded.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\u2018Alysa hated\u00a0it there,\u2019 he said. \u2018I sensed that she was very unhappy leading into the Olympic Games.\u2019<\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-dff26bba6e65aee9\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2026\/02\/25\/19\/106676089-15591857-In_the_midst_of_Arthur_s_dealings_with_the_FBI_Arthur_and_Alysa_-a-19_1772046052704.jpg\" alt=\"In the midst of Arthur's dealings with the FBI, Arthur and Alysa headed to the US Figure Skating headquarters in Colorado Springs where he arranged for his daughter to live and train until she left for Beijing the following February\" width=\"634\" height=\"465\" data-gallery-handler-attached=\"true\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"imageCount-fAPp8\"><span class=\"plusSign-u_CKT\">+<\/span>16<\/div>\n<div class=\"viewGalleryText-NXaet\">View gallery<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">In the midst of Arthur\u2019s dealings with the FBI, Arthur and Alysa headed to the US Figure Skating headquarters in Colorado Springs where he arranged for his daughter to live and train until she left for Beijing the following February<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-180a8891234dbaef\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2026\/02\/25\/19\/106672927-15591857-Being_separated_from_her_friends_and_four_younger_siblings_left_-a-18_1772046052590.jpg\" alt=\"Being separated from her friends and four younger siblings left the starlet lonely and miserable, Arthur admitted, adding on to her deep unhappiness and lack of passion for the sport she had been involved in since age five\" width=\"634\" height=\"479\" data-gallery-handler-attached=\"true\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"imageCount-fAPp8\"><span class=\"plusSign-u_CKT\">+<\/span>16<\/div>\n<div class=\"viewGalleryText-NXaet\">View gallery<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Being separated from her friends and four younger siblings left the starlet lonely and miserable, Arthur admitted, adding on to her deep unhappiness and lack of passion for the sport she had been involved in since age five<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-db2e019f0332e43e\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2026\/02\/25\/19\/106675125-15591857-A_month_after_Alysa_and_another_competitor_were_approached_in_th-a-17_1772046052580.jpg\" alt=\"A month after Alysa and another competitor were approached in the facility's canteen by an unknown man who invited them to his apartment, she bagged bronze at the World Championships in France\" width=\"634\" height=\"1034\" data-gallery-handler-attached=\"true\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"imageCount-fAPp8\"><span class=\"plusSign-u_CKT\">+<\/span>16<\/div>\n<div class=\"viewGalleryText-NXaet\">View gallery<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">A month after Alysa and another competitor were approached in the facility\u2019s canteen by an unknown man who invited them to his apartment, she bagged bronze at the World Championships in France<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Arthur\u2019s activism meant it was impossible to get a Chinese travel visa to accompany his daughter, but State Department officials promised she would be safe.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Alysa, the youngest athlete named to the US Olympic team, placed sixth in the women\u2019s singles \u2013 but an unnerving encounter soured her experience.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\u2018She was with another competitor in the canteen when a man approached them and invited them to his apartment,\u2019 Arthur said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\u2018They of course said no and reported this to the US delegation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\u2018There was\u00a0apparently nothing on the security cameras but if Alysa says someone approached and followed her, I know who I believe.\u2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">A month later Alysa bagged bronze in the World Championships in France, but her father feared she had lost her passion for the sport she took up at age five.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">She didn\u2019t even warn him before announcing her retirement via Instagram.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\u2018It\u2019s been an insane 11 years. A lot of good and a lot of bad but yk that\u2019s just how it is,\u2019 Alysa wrote in April 2022.<\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-4e4278759cc23ebc\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2026\/02\/25\/19\/106673717-15591857-Alysa_s_lost_passion_for_the_sport_would_culminate_in_her_announ-a-26_1772046052973.jpg\" alt=\"Alysa's lost passion for the sport would culminate in her announcing her retirement at age 16 on Instagram without notifying her father\" width=\"634\" height=\"470\" data-gallery-handler-attached=\"true\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"imageCount-fAPp8\"><span class=\"plusSign-u_CKT\">+<\/span>16<\/div>\n<div class=\"viewGalleryText-NXaet\">View gallery<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Alysa\u2019s lost passion for the sport would culminate in her announcing her retirement at age 16 on Instagram without notifying her father<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-7a4c22c42f581ce8\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2026\/02\/25\/19\/106673735-15591857-After_leaving_the_world_of_ice_skating_Alysa_enrolled_at_UCLA_to-a-20_1772046052727.jpg\" alt=\"After leaving the world of ice skating, Alysa enrolled at UCLA to study psychology and wouldn't touch the ice until her passion was rekindled in January 2024 after a ski trip\" width=\"634\" height=\"428\" data-gallery-handler-attached=\"true\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"imageCount-fAPp8\"><span class=\"plusSign-u_CKT\">+<\/span>16<\/div>\n<div class=\"viewGalleryText-NXaet\">View gallery<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">After leaving the world of ice skating, Alysa enrolled at UCLA to study psychology and wouldn\u2019t touch the ice until her passion was rekindled in January 2024 after a ski trip<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">She enrolled at UCLA to study psychology, went traveling and hiked the\u00a0Himalayas \u2013 never once going near an ice rink.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\u2018Alysa never stepped on ice. In fact, she avoided the ice rink at all costs,\u2019 her dad said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\u2018I feel like she was suffering from PTSD during that time.\u2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Alysa\u2019s love for skating was to be rekindled in January 2024, however, when she went skiing \u2013 a pursuit deemed too risky while she was competing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The adrenaline surge left its mark and, on the drive home from Lake Tahoe, she mulled a comeback.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Weeks later she marched into her dad\u2019s Oakland office to inform him that she was back in training.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">This time, Alysa would stand on her own two feet. She was in charge.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\u2018She and her friend went to the ice rink and in her first session she was able to do a double axel. In the second she was able to do a triple flip,\u2019 said Arthur, reeling off some of the toughest jumps in figure skating.<\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-60818dce479c85fa\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2026\/02\/25\/19\/106673095-15591857-Alysa_s_resurgence_would_pay_off_when_she_became_the_first_Ameri-a-24_1772046052862.jpg\" alt=\"Alysa's resurgence would pay off when she became the\u00a0first American woman to win an individual gold skating medal for 24 years at the 2026 Olympics\" width=\"634\" height=\"426\" data-gallery-handler-attached=\"true\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"imageCount-fAPp8\"><span class=\"plusSign-u_CKT\">+<\/span>16<\/div>\n<div class=\"viewGalleryText-NXaet\">View gallery<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Alysa\u2019s resurgence would pay off when she became the\u00a0first American woman to win an individual gold skating medal for 24 years at the 2026 Olympics<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-66fd99d3481685e2\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2026\/02\/25\/19\/106673013-15591857-Alysa_not_only_delivered_a_flawless_performance_but_also_gained_-a-23_1772046052858.jpg\" alt=\"Alysa not only\u00a0delivered a flawless performance, but also gained\u00a0a staggering 4.5 million new followers on Instagram\" width=\"634\" height=\"426\" data-gallery-handler-attached=\"true\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"imageCount-fAPp8\"><span class=\"plusSign-u_CKT\">+<\/span>16<\/div>\n<div class=\"viewGalleryText-NXaet\">View gallery<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Alysa not only delivered a flawless performance, but also gained a staggering 4.5 million new followers on Instagram<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Alysa\u2019s dedication paid off in glorious style at the Milano Cortina Olympics where last week she became the first American woman to\u00a0<span data-track-module=\"internal-body-link\">win an individual gold<\/span>\u00a0skating medal for 24 years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">She delivered a flawless performance, the best of her career,\u00a0landing seven triple jumps and drawing a standing ovation from 12,000 ecstatic fans.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\u2018She had speed, grace, elegance. She was sheer joy on ice,\u2019 Arthur reflected.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The gold medal comeback made Alysa a household name and earned her a staggering 4.5 million new followers on Instagram.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The future is less promising for Ziburis who pleaded guilty to acting as an agent of a foreign government and conspiracy to engage in interstate harassment, crimes that could land him 15 years in jail.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Charging documents reveal he was paid $100,000 to spy on multiple Chinese dissidents, including a California artist who created\u00a0a satirical sculpture of Xi Jinping as a giant Covid-19 virus.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The artwork was mysteriously burnt to the ground just days after it was unveiled to the public in 2021.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Arthur\u2019s run-in with Ziburis \u2013 who\u2019ll be sentenced after his alleged co-conspirators go on trial \u2013 wasn\u2019t his first brush with communist goons.<\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-90b6458e2feb49d5\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2026\/02\/25\/19\/106676193-15591857-Arthur_was_a_student_leader_at_Zhongshan_University_in_Guangzhou-a-25_1772046052866.jpg\" alt=\"Arthur was a\u00a0student leader at Zhongshan University in Guangzhou and organized\u00a0protests and hunger strikes in the wake of\u00a0the Tiananmen Square crackdown. He was then given three days to turn himself in\u00a0to police, but instead fled to Hong Kong and later to California\" width=\"634\" height=\"471\" data-gallery-handler-attached=\"true\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"imageCount-fAPp8\"><span class=\"plusSign-u_CKT\">+<\/span>16<\/div>\n<div class=\"viewGalleryText-NXaet\">View gallery<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Arthur was a\u00a0student leader at Zhongshan University in Guangzhou and organized\u00a0protests and hunger strikes in the wake of\u00a0the Tiananmen Square crackdown. He was then given three days to turn himself in\u00a0to police, but instead fled to Hong Kong and later to California<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-da724cfe7030b120\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2026\/02\/25\/19\/106672921-15591857-After_working_restaurant_jobs_he_enrolled_at_UC_Hastings_Law_Sch-a-22_1772046052833.jpg\" alt=\"After working restaurant jobs, he enrolled at UC Hastings Law School \u2013 now the UC Law San Francisco \u2013 graduating in the 90s\" width=\"634\" height=\"943\" data-gallery-handler-attached=\"true\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"imageCount-fAPp8\"><span class=\"plusSign-u_CKT\">+<\/span>16<\/div>\n<div class=\"viewGalleryText-NXaet\">View gallery<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">After working restaurant jobs, he enrolled at UC Hastings Law School \u2013 now the UC Law San Francisco \u2013 graduating in the 90s<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-b5b3ef9d28a1421d\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2026\/02\/25\/19\/106673105-15591857-Over_the_years_Arthur_has_protested_Chinese_human_rights_abuses_-a-27_1772046052974.jpg\" alt=\"Over the years, Arthur has protested Chinese human rights abuses and supported political refugees \u2013 one man he housed and helped find a job in the 1990s later confessed to being a communist spy\" width=\"634\" height=\"426\" data-gallery-handler-attached=\"true\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"imageCount-fAPp8\"><span class=\"plusSign-u_CKT\">+<\/span>16<\/div>\n<div class=\"viewGalleryText-NXaet\">View gallery<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Over the years, Arthur has protested Chinese human rights abuses and supported political refugees \u2013 one man he housed and helped find a job in the 1990s later confessed to being a communist spy<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">As a student leader at Zhongshan University in Guangzhou, he organized protests and hunger strikes to honor the hundreds, perhaps thousands, killed in the Tiananmen Square crackdown.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Arthur was given three days to hand himself in to police but fled to Hong Kong and later to California\u00a0rather than spend years festering in a prison camp.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">He worked as a busboy in a Chinese restaurant, studied law and qualified as an attorney, raising five children, all via surrogate.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Over the years Arthur has continued to protest Chinese human rights violations while offering support to political refugees.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">One of those, a man whom he housed and helped find a job in the 1990s, later confessed to being a communist spy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\u2018You know, the Chinese government has so many spies working for them in the United States,\u2019 he told the Daily Mail.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\u2018I\u2019m sure they will try to make\u00a0friends with me again and attempt all sorts of things.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\u2018But I don\u2019t care. 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