TakeABow comments

“has split opinion in the country”

does “split” mean “half”?

“As you can see, it's not Japan only.”

Totally agree. Having naturalized player is totally normal for any country. And some people in that nation is gonna be happy while others are gonna be complaining. It happens in Japan, the states, and just now started in China.

Peeping…,

I failed to find where it in article it said “half” of China not impressed. Of course, not the entire Chinese population is pleased. People are allowed to have their own opinions. I don’t think the “entire” Japanese population is happy with their rugby team either.

What I found in your article is that:

After the Chinese women beat Denmark 3-1 on Friday, the response on Weibo was overwhelmingly positive.

“The future of Chinese sports is openness and recognizing dual nationality,” wrote Weibo user theworldismyplayground.

I find it difficult that the Olympic Committee would not address the fact that many of China's players are not Chinese or were even born in that country

hmmm… were you complaining when this happened? https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/18/sports/olympics/at-least-44-table-tennis-players-in-rio-are-chinese-born-six-play-for-china.html

or that https://www.nippon.com/en/japan-topics/g00740/amp/