New chapter for China's shuttlers By SUN XIAOCHEN | China Daily | Updated: 2021-07-23 09:17 Share CLOSE No longer a dominant badminton force, China's inexperienced squad keeping lid on Tokyo medal expectations Mixed doubles pair Zheng Siwei (right) and Huang Yaqiong, pictured in action during June's Olympic tuneup competition in Chengdu, Sichuan province, spearhead China's gold-medal hopes in badminton at the Tokyo Olympics. GETTY IMAGES Editor's Note: In the final installments of China Daily's Tokyo Olympics preview series, we assess the chances of the Chinese badminton squad and 3x3 basketball team. With Lin "Super" Dan and other veterans no longer at its disposal, China's young badminton squad is keen to kick-start its rebuilding project in style at a wide-open Olympic tournament in Tokyo.