A TOP pool player has become the first Taiwanese sportsman to give up his citizenship in order to represent China, fuelling concern of a “brawn drain” to the mainland, local media said Thursday.

Wu Chia-ching, 22, a world champion in 2005, rocked Taiwan’s sports circles with the announcement that he will represent China in a pool tournament later this month after becoming a Chinese citizen, the Central News Agency said.

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