The dominance of China in world table tennis has been unprecedented. This year's World Championship held in Shanghai saw the PRC claim all the five titles.
Even the semis consisted of Chinese players with the exception of the German duo in the doubles and a HK player (ex-China) in the ladies singles. With the exception of Ma Lin the world champion, most of the Chinese players now adapt the handshake style of play. Ma Lin himself uses the back hand loop like in the hand shake style. At a recent ITTF (Table Tennis Federation) conference in Portugal, the speakers eulogised the Chinese volume of practice and discipline. Chonguan is a city with dedicated schools for this modality. At the moment China has climbed the Everest where as the rest of the world is at the foot hills. B. Colaco Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com
