At the Beijing Olympics, all four table tennis events were all-Chinese finals. A clean sweep again!
Yes. All international ping-pong tournaments have become a demonstration of Chinese supremacy in the sport.
Do you know any secrets to China's success?
In the first place, I think the whole nation is just fond of the game. It is well grounded with the mass. With huge numbers of people playing ping-pong, we can always spot a handful of potential world champions.
So, the national ping-pong team must be a highly competitive membership.
Sure. There is a careful mechanism for selecting players from provincial teams, and those lucky dogs have to observe strict rules.
For example?
They are subject to hard training. And you know what, for a player on the national team, personal affairs are supposed to take a back seat to training and competitions. They are not even allowed to talk relationships with each other.
Oh, dear! It's an encroachment on individual rights!
Well, ping-pong is our national sport, and we just have to keep winning one honor after another. That's why many people think such rules acceptable. After all, they are funded out of taxpayers'money.