China’s women’s volleyball team suffered heartbreak in the final of the 2022 AVC Cup, losing to Japan in four sets on Monday night. But Chinese fans on Weibo were left feeling proud of the players’ efforts, flooding the Twitter-like social media platform with positive messages in contrast to the backlash sparked last week when the team wore face masks in a group-stage win over Iraq. In a rematch of the most recent final from 2018, Japan secured their first gold medal in the regional Asian tournament, battling past the defending champions and five-time winners 25-23, 25-21, 19-25, 25-16 in Pasig...