sorry, Carl, I still fail to see what it has to do with politics if I just want to see more good players on the tour. Maybe them being Chinese makes it political, not for me though.
Perhaps this is a language issue and you don't quite understand what a political agenda is.
CNT is not just the Chinese National Team but it is the governing body that decides the policies of the team. ITTF is the governing body of International Table Tennis. If you are trying to get CNT and ITTF to change their policies, then your actions which are part of trying to get those GOVERNING bodies to change their CURRENT POLICIES, are technically, perfect examples of POLITICAL ACTIVISM.
But I also think, it seems that you and WorkerBee may not have fully understood the implications of this post from NextLevel:
Why aren't you similarly concerned with soccer or tennis or the NBA? Germany and Brazil could field multiple national teams in the World Cup if permitted.
Imagine World Cup Futball (Soccer) with 10 teams from Brazil and 7 teams from Germany and the final 8 teams (quarter finals round) being all teams from just Germany and Brazil. As an international tournament, it would totally lose the interest of THE WORLD.
In 2011 in the quarter finals of the WTTC men's singles event, 6 of 8 quarterfinalists were from China. Of the 20 possible medals in 2011, China won 14. No country aside from China won any gold or silver medals. China won all 5 gold medals. All 5 silver medals. and 4 of 10 bronze medals. So, all other countries combined won 6 bronze medals.
In 2013, in the semifinals of the WTTC, 4 of 4 semifinalists were from China. That year China also won 14 of the 20 possible medals. But Chinese Taipei won a gold in men's doubles and North Korea won a gold in mixed doubles. And South Korea won a silver in mixed doubles. So 3 of the 10 gold medals were won by countries other than China. But China won 7 of the 10 possible bronze medals.
In 2015 4 of 4 men's semifinalists in the WTTC singles event were also from China. China received a half a gold medal for mixed doubles for Xu Xin of China playing with Yang Ha Eun of South Korea. China received 12.5 out of 20 medals. So fewer than in 2011 or 2013. However, China won Gold and Silver in Men's singles, Women's singles, Men's doubles and Women's doubles.
In 2017 China won 9.5 out of 20 medals. But, notably, they won Gold in Men's Singles, Women's Singles, Men's Doubles and Women's Doubles. The did not win silver in Men's doubles. But they won Silver in Men's Singles, Women's Singles and Women's doubles.
It seems to me that China understands why THEY do not want to flood the world rankings with players who are not their best prospects. My guess is the ITTF also does not want the world rankings flooded with so many players from just one country. With only 6 or 7 men's and 6 or 7 women's players from China playing internationally, they still dominate and make the rest of the world seem somewhat superfluous.
You guys can still watch and appreciate the excellent provincial players in China Super League. But if you really think about what it would do to participation of the REST OF THE WORLD in TT events if ITTF and China decided to flood the world rankings with all these players, it actually would make International Table Tennis lose many viewers and much support.
Read and see if you can understand Rain's excellent post. It is worth understanding what she is explaining.