A volleyball match which saw China’s national women’s team compete while wearing N95 masks has caused a stir on Chinese social media.
Many netizens expressed their anger, suggesting that the health of players was being sacrificed for the sake of the country’s zero-Covid strategy.
The players later took their masks off for the second set and went on to win.
But many remained critical, with one saying it was an example of officials taking China’s mask mandate “too far”.
“Our leaders are… taking things too far – it’s as simple as that,” one user wrote.
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