Ping-pong in space? Sounds awesome. But footage shared by Chinese media of astronaut Deng Qingming whacking a ball around in the country’s Tiangong is frankly very puzzling. The ball always returns to ...
Zhuang Zedong, a former Chinese table tennis player known for his participation in the historic Sino-U.S. ping-pong diplomacy in the 1970s, died at the age of 73 on Sunday. Sasaki Atsuko (L) takes ...
Over the past decade a mounting wave of celebrity Asian athletes has arrived on Western shores. Big names in basketball like Yao Ming and baseball’s Ichiro Suzuki come to mind. Most recently, Li Na ...
Never mind high-pressure peace talks that fail amid the looming threat of warfare. Try wrestling or ping-pong diplomacy instead. For the first time in years, North Korean and South Korean officials ...
Have you ever watched a really good ping pong game on YouTube? The volleys stretch on for minutes at a time; the players so intense. With two new tariff announcements each from the U.S. and Chinese ...
SHANGHAI, July 7, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The clear sound of ping-pong balls hitting paddles resonates throughout the bright training hall. At a table, 23-year-old Geoffrey Loi is practicing ping-pong ...
Retired NBA superstar Kobe Bryant recently popped up in a Chinese commercial playing ping-pong, showing his skills in other sports beyond basketball. NBA star Kobe Bryant might be retired from his ...
Ping Pang Pong just might be Las Vegas’ all-time favorite Chinese restaurant. The Gold Coast eatery opened in 2001 but seems like it’s been around much longer than that, probably because owners and ...
China dominates at ping pong, and now we have a good idea why thanks to a big article by Christopher Beam in this month's GQ. Beam, who lives in Beijing, embedded himself in the Chinese ping pong ...
The best table tennis players in the world descended upon Japan in March of 1971, all looking for championships. Shortly after the tournament ended in April, the eyes of the world shifted to the ...
Chinese table tennis player Zhuang Zedong, a key figure in what became known as the “ping pong diplomacy” that helped thaw frosty Cold War relations between the United States and China, has died aged ...