She is Chinese as well. She is as proud as everybody else. This is her professional opinion and with 25+ years experience and education on her back, I respect her opinion. That is reason why I am not saying she is right or wrong. I am simply asking a better way to determine the right answer.
Plus, we are talking about 2-4 years of variation. You are focusing on 2. What is the possibility to team up less than 1% population and train them gymnastics?
You can not convince people with 1% possibility.