That changed with Rong Guotuan. In 1959, Rong won the Table Tennis World Championships, becoming the People’s Republic of China’s first world champion in any sport. A man from a humble ...
Past precedent suggests the Chinese leader is willing to deprioritize growth to focus on more urgent goals, but only as long as he is supported by a sufficient economic cushion. While mainland ...
a legendary figure in Chinese table tennis and the country's first mixed doubles world champion, presented the mixed doubles trophy to Lin Shidong and Kuai. While attending the event, Zhang also ...
China's table tennis team heads to the Paris Olympics on a mission to re-establish their complete dominance of the sport with a clean sweep of the gold medals on offer after their shock defeat by ...
He later rose to become a player and then a coach of China's national team, witnessing generations of players contribute to the nation's table tennis glory. Recently, the 84-year-old was awarded ...
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Chen Meng defeated fellow Chinese table tennis player Sun Yingsha in six sets (9-11, 11-6, 11-4, 5-11, 11-4, 11-9) to win the Olympic women's table tennis gold medal on Thursday. Nearly seven years ...
China's Wang Manyu has withdrawn from the Asian Table Tennis Championships due to family issues and will be replaced by Chen Xingtong, the Chinese table tennis team announced on Monday.
PARIS, July 30 (Xinhua) -- China's Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha took gold in table tennis mixed doubles at the Paris Olympics here on Tuesday, beating Ri Jong Sik and Kim Kum Yong of DPR Korea 4-2 ...