‘Adults playing against children’: China’s Zhang Ziyu is a towering presence on World Cup debut

SCMP Culture · September 5, 2026

China’s teenage centre Zhang Ziyu sparked a social media frenzy after making her Fiba Women’s Basketball World Cup debut against the United States in Berlin on Friday. Viral images and clips of the 2.2-metre (7-foot-3) 1

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