Yes, the Chinese, institutionalised sports factories have been pretty common knowledge for quite some time.
Remember the 1990s where Chinese women swimmers and distance runners burst onto the scene from nowhere? That came through these systems, aided with a whole heap of dru……uhemm….sorry, what I meant to say was, traditional Chinese herbal supplements.
Yao Ming was also a product of the Chinese Sports Science system
Yao Ming: the basketball giant made in China by order of the state
China stands accused of engineering its most famous sporting export, writes Talek Harris.
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