China kicks off table tennis aid&nb
to help the world catch up with china in table tennis, chinese officials have come up with a "wolf-rearing plan".
chinese table tennis chief cai zhenhua has announced the chinese table tennis association's (ctta) top priority in 2009 - to make table tennis a more closely-contested game and narrow the gap between the chinese team and the rest of the world. chinese media was quick to name cai's speech the "wolf-rearing plan".
china's ma lin chase the ball during his men's singles match against spain's zhi wen he at the world table tennis championships in yokohama, japan, april 30, 2009. [agencies] more sports photos
tying both "wolf-rearing plan" and "table tennis" in the popular chinese-language search engine baidu, you will have over 4,600 results, some of which hail china's generosity, with others accused table tennis administrators of hurting the interests of chinese sports by farming "wolves in sheep's clothing".
chinese sports media has a habit of comparing top table tennis players to vicious animals. ryu seung min, the 2004 olympic singles champion whose fighting spirit is admired by chinese, is "korean tiger", while timo boll, vladimir samsonov and werner schlager made "three european tigers".
chinese table tennis chief cai zhenhua has announced the chinese table tennis association's (ctta) top priority in 2009 - to make table tennis a more closely-contested game and narrow the gap between the chinese team and the rest of the world. chinese media was quick to name cai's speech the "wolf-rearing plan".
china's ma lin chase the ball during his men's singles match against spain's zhi wen he at the world table tennis championships in yokohama, japan, april 30, 2009. [agencies] more sports photos
tying both "wolf-rearing plan" and "table tennis" in the popular chinese-language search engine baidu, you will have over 4,600 results, some of which hail china's generosity, with others accused table tennis administrators of hurting the interests of chinese sports by farming "wolves in sheep's clothing".
chinese sports media has a habit of comparing top table tennis players to vicious animals. ryu seung min, the 2004 olympic singles champion whose fighting spirit is admired by chinese, is "korean tiger", while timo boll, vladimir samsonov and werner schlager made "three european tigers".