Hong Kong rugby team’s rousing rendition of China’s national anthem earns high praise from Chinese fans
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Chinese sports fans rejoiced when they watched a video footage of Hong Kong rugby team players, mostly naturalised foreigners, singing China’s national anthem.
The footage was taken before a 2019 Rugby World Cup qualifying match played in Marseille late last year. Before the start of the match when March of the Volunteers was broadcast, most Hong Kong team members sung along with the anthem, some with great emotion.
Sina Sports showed the footage on Friday, which caught the attention of many mainland Chinese fans.
“You Hong Kong people should look at this. Even the naturalised people sung the national anthem properly. There is no reason why you do not follow!” said one fan from Chongqing.
Another one from the nearby Guangdong province said: “It’s mixed feelings watching these foreign fans singing the ‘March of the Volunteers’. I want to ask those 'Hong Kong poison, Taiwan poison’ people, are your hearts and lungs still there? Or they have been used to trade for iPhones?”
