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Article: Persson Says Chinese Table Tennis is Huge Interest
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- Xinhua News Agency
- Article date:
- April 1, 2002
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Sweden's veteran table tennis player Jorgen Persson said that the
Chinese table tennis has huge interest to him which made him decide
to play there on a loan basis.
The Swede, who was set to join China's Helongjiang Sanjing club
this month, said that China is a completely different world in terms
of the table tennis sport.
He was quoted as saying by Sunday's local paper said that table
tennis has great following in this country with its league
competitions televised nationwide.
Persson referred to the fact that table tennis in China has been
the national pastime and brought home a great number of titles from
world events.
All of China's elite players stay ...