cashew | China wins...sailing?

First, why is windsurfing a sailing competition?

Second, since when did China start winning this? (Beijing Olympics, 2008. But I thought that was fluke because...let's face it, surfing in all forms is not a popular sport in a mostly land-based country with only small stretches of vacation-friendly beach fronts.)

Also, a quick look at China's Olympic gold medal streak since 2008 was very, very depressing:

2008 - 51🥇

2012 - 38🥇

2016 - 26🥇

...

That's kind of terrible. Either there's been a directive to start focusing attention elsewhere that isn't sports or something has gone horribly wrong. I suspect the leadership in China is reducing (financial) focus on sports to spend on other things, causing Team China to basically lose their Olympic standing.

(Or Chinese parents are saying "fuck professional sports" collectively because pro sports is difficult and unrewarding for 95% of the athletes. Much safer to get a white collar desk job.)