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China has always been a powerhouse in sports like Gymnastics, Badminton and Table Tennis. This might be due to the century old effects of practicing Martial Arts like Kung-Fu which made their body flexible and elastic. It has also been always among top nations in big international games like Olympics.
Of late, with active state sponsorship, China is emerging as strong sporting nation in traditional and more popular games like Soccer, Basketball and Athletics. In fact, China has, for the first time in history topped the medal charts in the last Olympic held at Beijing. But these days Chinese athletes are doing great in sport disciplines where they have not been particularly strong. There is a big group of young Chinese girls who are creating waves in women's tennis. Yao Ming is a big star in NBA.
Yao Ming - the NBA Super Star
Wang Hao - World No. 1 Table Tennis Player
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