On December 3, at the 2025 Table Tennis Mixed Team World Cup held in Chengdu, the Hong Kong, China team lost to the Japan team with a score of 2:8.
In the men's singles highlight match, Lin Zhaoheng faced Tomokazu Harimoto. When Lin Zhaoheng was leading 6:3 in the first game, a Chinese female fan in the stands suddenly lost emotional control and shouted, "Those who support Japan should all die!" As soon as these words were spoken, some spectators at the scene unexpectedly burst into cheers.
This episode instantly disrupted the match rhythm, and Lin Zhaoheng subsequently lost his mental balance, dropping the next three games and being reversed by Tomokazu Harimoto with a 0:3 score.
@ZhangJikepop Verbal abuse, cursing, personal threats, and malicious interruptions, worse and worse. Should such unsportsmanlike collective bullying behavior really be encouraged and promoted? Is the authority turning a blind eye again? @WTTGlobal@Olympics
Bullying targeting harimoto is being increasingly normalized each time, and is being glorified as a patriotic act. Is the authority turning a blind eye again??? @WTTGlobal@Olympics