Behaviour being targeted includes name-calling and online abuse of rival fans and referees.
China's Wang Manyu in action at the women's singles of the World Table Tennis Singapore Smash at OCBC Arena, in March 2023.
The passion of Chinese sports fans was on display in Singapore earlier last week, when they showed up in large numbers atThe Singapore team’s 3-1 loss meant that China’s hopes of qualifying for the 2026 World Cup were kept alive. Thailand needed to win by a three-goal margin to advance to the final round of Asia’s qualifiers. Instead, that spot went to China.
While there is no official data on Chinese travellers heading to the upcoming Olympic games, Chinese media have reported a surge in visa applications to France. The country’s largest online travel agency Ctrip reported in May that there was a 240 per cent year-on-year increase in flight bookings to Paris.
“Fans in any field are a normal part of a consumer society, and sharing their views on certain results, for example, should be acceptable,” Mr Zhang told The Straits Times. But “fan culture” should not be seen as a derogatory term, he said, adding that he does not see the zeal that Chinese fans have for their sports stars as different from those in other countries.
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