The Chinese paddlers don’t need the leverage of a home tournament to stamp their dominance, but one can safely expect them to rule the roost come the Hangzhou Asian Games.
Though Japan, Korea and Chinese Taipei have tough challengers in their ranks, they will only be fighting for crumbs.
Ample proof of this hierarchy emerged in the recently concluded Asian table tennis championships in Pyeongchang, South Korea, where China bagged 14 of the 21 medals and won all the seven gold medals on offer.
