The game of ping pong is very popular in China and Chinese athletes have won gold medals in many previous championships and international competitions. Today, the Chinese Department of Physical Education wants more foreign athletes to compete in the championship. To attract more fans and spectators.
The game of ping pong is considered to be the first of its kind in the world in terms of improving the skills of the participants and the toughness of the competition as well as the number of participants from foreign countries.
The championship has been one of the most impressive competitions in China; last year twelve men's and women's clubs took part in the competition and the number of spectators in different venues was very high and many spectators took part in the competition.
China's dominance in table tennis has grown, since its 1988 introduction at the Olympics, into a near-monopoly. In 2008, the Chinese teams won the gold, silver, and bronze in both men's and women's singles, as well as gold and silver in both doubles.
Chinese players now so heavily populate foreign teams that the International Table Tennis Federation, fearing the practice was stifling local talent in other countries, announced new rules after the Beijing Olympics that make it harder for the Chinese players who relocated to represent foreign teams.
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