I think part of it is, in table tennis China is so dominant that it allows more Chinese competitors. I don’t think HK competes in anything else. It’s like if they allowed Texas to compete as its own country in flag football (yes, that will be an Olympic event in 2028).
Holy shit, Hong Kong has its own national Olympic team? What in the actual fuck?!
I think it’s a holdover from the British colonial days. Puerto Rico has one too.
I keep forgetting that a lot of people on the internet were too young to remember/not born around the time of the handover in 1997.
My anime poisoned brain always remembers Neo-Hong Kong being the host country for the Gundam Fight tournament lol.
I think part of it is, in table tennis China is so dominant that it allows more Chinese competitors. I don’t think HK competes in anything else. It’s like if they allowed Texas to compete as its own country in flag football (yes, that will be an Olympic event in 2028).