How it was won
China won both team titles at the Asian Championships in Bhubaneswar, which had no individual events this time. The men beat Hong Kong 3-0 in the final and the women beat Japan 3-0, with Wang Manyu, Sun Yingsha and Kuai Man each winning a match.
The men's semi-final was much closer. Japan led China 2-0 after Tomokazu Harimoto beat Liang Jingkun and Sora Matsushima beat Wang Chuqin, before Lin Shidong, Wang and Liang won the last three matches. The women's title came back to China a year after Japan had won it.