The Chinese Sports Ministry has banned tattoos for footballers in the national team and urged those who have them to ” to take off », At a time when the communist power intends to put a brake on trends considered vulgar. The footballers of the national team now have “the formal ban on having new tattoos”. “ In special circumstances […] tattoos will need to be covered “During training and competitions, said the ministry in a statement, which prohibits the recruitment of any tattooed athlete. Tattoos are generally frowned upon in China, which remains overwhelmingly a conservative society. But they have some success in big cities especially with the younger generation.