‘I feel like a bird': extreme sports like wingsuit jumping are starting to take off in China
Zhang Shupeng appears untroubled as he surveys the jagged mountains of a national park in central China – before diving head first off a cliff to bullet down at 230km (140 miles) an hour.Any potential disaster is averted when he opens a parachute and drops gently to the ground, Asia's top wingsuit athlete in his element.After China's decades-long focus on rigorous, state-controlled training in established sports, aimed at winning medals and national glory, Zhang is among a different breed of…