The spectacular and glory days of Xiangqi in Singapore were long gone when generous and not greedy big money sponsors disappears from the scene. Look at the ever shrinking competition prizes and the almost disappearing marketing over the years and you will know why the glory days of having 200 to 300 players in national competitions are no long seen today.
Ladies and non Chinese? Most are not interested in the game, where to find the players.
Active male chinese players are no more than 50, how many ladies and non chinese would you expect?
This forum is not what it used to be when I joined 10 years ago. Today I Log in and see posts dominated by one person which most people have lost interests in reading, discouraging most from logging in at all anymore...