The country's decades-old sports system is now struggling to recruit its next generation of stars.
China's Olympic prowess has reached new heights.
It topped the gold medal tally with 51 at Beijing in 2008, and claimed 38 in the 2012 London - just falling short of America's 46.
But enrolment at schools like Shichahai are dropping - with parents increasingly put off by demanding training and little future outside of sports.
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