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[[File:Table tennis at Chinese Village.jpg|thumb|300px|Children play table tennis in a village in China.]] |
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[[Image: Wang Liqin from ITTF.jpg|thumb|[[Wang Liqin]].]] |
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With an estimated 300 million players, [[table tennis]] is the biggest amateur recreational sport in [[People's Republic of China|China]] today. |
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''Ping Pong'' (乒乓) is the official name for the sport of [[table tennis]] in China. |
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==International results== |
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Chinese players have won the men's [[World Table Tennis Championships|World Championship]] 60% of the time since 1959; in the women's competition, Chinese players have won all but two of the World Championships since 1971. At the [[Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics|2008 Olympics]], China won all possible medals. |
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Apart from the national representative team, the table tennis community in China continues to produce many world-class players, and this depth of skill allows the country to continue dominating recent world titles after a short break during the 1990s. The overwhelming dominance of China in the sport has triggered a series of rules changes in the International Table Tennis Federation and as part of the Olympics. [[Ma Long (table tennis)|Ma Long]] is currently one of the highest-ranked Chinese table tennis players, and the highest-ranked player in the world<ref>http://www.ittf.com/_front_page/ittf1.asp?category=wr</ref>. [[Deng Yaping]] is regarded by many as one of the greatest table tennis player of all time. The sport played an important role in China's international relations; in April 1972, the US table tennis team were invited to visit China, an event later called "[[Ping Pong Diplomacy]]". |
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==See also== |
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==References== |
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[[Category:Table tennis in China|*]] |
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[[Category:Sport in China| ]] |
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[[Category:Sport in the People's Republic of China|*]] |
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