Ping-pong in space? Sounds awesome. But footage shared by Chinese media of astronaut Deng Qingming whacking a ball around in the country’s Tiangong is frankly very puzzling. The ball always returns to ...

Chinese table tennis stars Liu Shiwen (first from left) and Ma Long (second from right) pose for photos in an event to commemorate the 53rd anniversary of China-US "Ping-Pong Diplomacy" in Los Angeles ...

Zhuang Zedong, a former Chinese table tennis player known for his participation in the historic Sino-U.S. ping-pong diplomacy in the 1970s, died at the age of 73 on Sunday. Sasaki Atsuko (L) takes ...

Over the past decade a mounting wave of celebrity Asian athletes has arrived on Western shores. Big names in basketball like Yao Ming and baseball’s Ichiro Suzuki come to mind. Most recently, Li Na ...

Have you ever watched a really good ping pong game on YouTube? The volleys stretch on for minutes at a time; the players so intense. With two new tariff announcements each from the U.S. and Chinese ...

Never mind high-pressure peace talks that fail amid the looming threat of warfare. Try wrestling or ping-pong diplomacy instead. For the first time in years, North Korean and South Korean officials ...

China dominates at ping pong, and now we have a good idea why thanks to a big article by Christopher Beam in this month's GQ. Beam, who lives in Beijing, embedded himself in the Chinese ping pong ...

Ping Pang Pong just might be Las Vegas’ all-time favorite Chinese restaurant. The Gold Coast eatery opened in 2001 but seems like it’s been around much longer than that, probably because owners and ...

The best table tennis players in the world descended upon Japan in March of 1971, all looking for championships. Shortly after the tournament ended in April, the eyes of the world shifted to the ...

Since it became an Olympic Sport in 1988, America has never won a medal in table tennis. It’s the kind of thing that makes Eagles cry. All we really have to our credit is making the definitive movie ...

Chinese table tennis player Zhuang Zedong, a key figure in what became known as the “ping pong diplomacy” that helped thaw frosty Cold War relations between the United States and China, has died aged ...