Diving gold sparks Wuchuan's global drive

In defending her women's 10-meter platform diving title at the just concluded 2024 Paris Olympics, China's Quan Hongchan, 17, not only hit the headlines again, but also popularized plastic clown fish slippers, a Chinese product she wore at the natatorium.

Business opportunities have since boomed for the plastic shoe manufacturers in Wuchuan, a county-level city under the administration of the coastal Zhanjiang city in Guangdong province, hometown of Quan where she is affectionately called Chan Bao or Baby Chan.