Anta, a Chinese sports brand, has reportedly ended its partnership with former table tennis world champion Zhang Jike after he was allegedly implicated in a gambling scandal.
Chinese social media platform Weibo was abuzz with news of the latest scandal involving the multiple-time world champion. Investigative reporter Li Weiao broke the story with a detailed article claiming that Zhang owed millions in gambling debts and had shared private videos of his ex-girlfriend (a famous Chinese actress) with the debtor who then used them to extort the actress.
Shortly after the news broke, a flurry of hashtags related to the Zhang scandal flooded Weibos hot search list, with Anta deletes Zhang Jike promotional content and Zhang Jike has been ca…
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