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60 million players and counting: Is this UK-dominated sport about to have a Chinese revolution?

Chinese prodigy Wu Yize lit up a cigarette and then created snooker history, his world championship triumph the latest proof of a booming pipeline reshaping a sport once dominated by players from the UK.

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60 million players and counting: Is this UK-dominated sport about to have a Chinese revolution?Chinese prodigy Wu Yize lit up a cigarette and then created snooker history, his world championship triumph the latest proof of a booming pipeline reshaping a sport once dominated by players from the UK.
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