Hey there, ping pong fans! 🏓
Guess who just visited Taiwan? It’s Ma Long, one of the world’s best table tennis players! 🌟 Ma Long is a Chinese athlete who has won gold medals at the Olympics. That means he’s super good at ping pong!
During his nine-day trip, Ma Long visited schools and universities in Taiwan. Everywhere he went, kids and teenagers lined up to get his autograph and take selfies with him. 📸 Can you imagine meeting a sports superstar in person?
At Chengchi University, students were so excited to see him. The school’s ping pong team got a paddle signed by Ma Long, and they said they’ll keep it safe forever! 🏓💖 Similar awesome moments happened at the Taipei Municipal Zhongshan Girls High School and the famous Taipei Palace Museum. Fans shouted things like, “Don’t retire!” and “Bring other champions here, too!”
Hsiao Hsu-tsen, who helped organize the trip, said, “We should play ping pong, not war.” That means playing sports together can help people be friends instead of fighting. 🤝
Ma Long hopes that by visiting Taiwan, young people from both sides can trust and understand each other better. He said, “I look forward to having a good exchange with young friends and students in Taiwan so that we can better understand and trust each other.” Isn’t that a great message? 💬
This visit shows how sports can bring people together. Maybe next time you play ping pong with a friend, you’ll think about how it can build friendships all around the world! 🌏
Reference(s):
Ping pong friendship: World champion Ma Long stars cross-straits event
cgtn.com
