Ping Pong: The Triumph 中国乒乓之绝地反击 China, 2023, colour, 2.35:1, 137 mins. Directors: Deng Chao 邓超, Yu Baimei 俞白眉. Rating: 6/10. A decent but over-long light drama centred on the revival of China’s table-tennis standing in the early 1990s. STORY Beijing, 1991. In the late 1980s China’s supremacy in men’s table tennis had rapidly declined, and … Continue reading Review: Ping Pong: The Triumph (2023) →
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