Ping-pong must be the top-ranking popular sport in China. It seems to me in every school, factory, army unit, or residential area, men and women, young and old, are swinging paddles.
You got it! In a sense, it has become a byword for Chinese sport.
What do you think might be the source of its popularity?
I think its critical advantage lies in its low cost. All you need is a racket, a table and a light celluloid ball. Tables are usually available in public recreation areas, like finest rooms, and outdoor playgrounds. . .
And sometimes a substitute table can be made out of a few desks.
Put it there! In senior high schools, we used to play on desks in the classroom, when no vacant tables were available. Likewise, the racket may take a variety of forms, too. Anything that resembles a racket, from a plank to cardboard or even a hardcover book, may be used as a racket.
Haha, these are very good inventions. All these speak the public's fondness for the sport
Yeah, the sport is affordable and accessible to every Tom, Dick and Jane in this developing country. No wonder even the state leaders are known to be keen on it.
I know President Hu Into likes playing ping-pong.
Actually, he excels in it. Chairman Mao, too, encouraged the whole nation to play ping-pong as a part of the nationwide body building campaign.