Why is China so bad at almost all team sports?

Not only one of the answers here mentioned that China has an "athlete factory" which by many means is true. And if this factory has one ultimate KPI, it's the count of Olympic golden medals. Everyone knows the KSF of a successful factory is the ratio of return/investment. This explains everything!! read more

China's women team actually achieve very good results in quite a number of popular sports in international group sports competition - such as basketball, volleyball and soccer, compared to the literal non existence of the nation's men's team in world ranking in the same sports. read more

As the kids turn into adults, a lot of them want to begin playing these sports that they missed out on but love watching on TV. That's why it's almost comical to watch Chinese men playing a game of pick-up basketball or soccer--they completely lack any fundamentals that would've been learned in youth leagues. read more

China dominated everybody in Asia that time, they made it to WC Top 16 almost every time, and in the 2008 Olympics managed to take current World #2 Spain to overtime and beat the Dirk Nowitzki-led German team. read more