Exclusive Interview | Liu Guoliang talks China vs Japan rivalry 

Isn't he? Didn't he return ??

The chinese have the highest table tennis standards.

If you lost representig the North Korea, it would even spell your death.

@@raymondchan3587 no, not that harsh. just 1 month without food ration.

That would be true in the 80's or 90's.Not anymore.

Is like Brazil for soccer, and the USA for basketball.

Which part?

@@reinaldopessoa2603 it's a joke you crayon muncher

@@flatfoot679 ok then, explain the joke since you're so smart?

@@reinaldopessoa2603 the joke is Joel

Liu is a bureaucrat of course he wants to portrait Chinese system as superior. What Japan does now is what China did back in the 90's to beat Sweden.Sweden owned China big time.

@@JohnSmith-mj8hn go home loser

Lol TT is sponsored by the state in China.Stellan Bengsston lives in the US for almost 30 years.He was World Champion,coach of Waldner and Persson.He couldn't do shit in the US,he run some camps for amateurs and these sort of things.Keep dreaming about Messiahs.

@@dickn.ormous1064 keep your negative, shit-ass attitude to your self.

@@dickn.ormous1064 ever heard of Pele? Remember what he did for soccer in the U.S many years ago? I love table tennis and so I dream of possible ways it can improve, become more popular, etc. meanwhile, you sit at your keyboard and throw stones, shoot down ideas. Does it feel good to be so negative? I trained with Stellan in Sweden back in the 90’s and he seemed like a great guy, but had already had a very long career dating back to the 70’s.

​@@lildavey09 What was the effect of Pele on US soccer other than making some money? LGL's predecessor Cai Zhenhua used to coach the Italian TT team back in the 80's.What came out of it?Nothing special.He just added a couple of decommissioned Chinese players to their squad who temporarily elevated Italy's ranking. He still boasts about spending most of his time watching Maradona and the likes in Seria A.I don't think many Italians were overwhelmed by his presence.''Oh,a coach from China!''.So what?

lol

LGL in comparison is much more objective and professional, all the answers are organised and detailed with good analysis of the status of not only the rival between China amd Japan in table tennis, but also how they affect the status of the entire table tennis community. That is probably the reason why every one respect him as a great player and a great coach.

I respected Samsonov as much as Waldner.

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You know that in amateurs and before national team in china nearly 70% players are Penholder they don't push em they just need to use them aswell, but because in mid pro tiers penholders are too strong a lot of potential shake hands never get chance, Penhold is too stong when you are teen but later it becomes more hard if you are not smart like ma lin..

I've been living in Beijing for 8 years in total, has taken classes at Guo Yan's (2 times world cup winner, head of Bj female team, Ding Ning's coach) tt school, played at about 10 amateur clubs in Beijing and Tianjin and I can't confirm the statement of penhold style still dominating in China. There are tons of amateur penhoders who are older than 60 and unfortunately for now they are the most noticeable part of tt club audience just because table tennis popularity in decline among youngsters even in China. But taking classes with 7-12 yo kids at Guo Yan's tt school I saw only 2 or 3 penhoders. I rarely encountered a penholder under 35 playing better than me at amateur clubs and I have to say my level is so-so for China

Yet, they can't beat him in the qualifiers, and many of these talented young Chinese players may never get to see the World, because of how rigid the heirarchy system in their own country. Japan, on the other hand, will continue to bet on young players for the future of table tennis development in their nation.

Harimoto and Mima is emotionally unstable. overreacting winning a point. overreacting losing a point. Harimoto always excessive shouting for winning every point shows insecurity of a player

@@seph9980 The ITTF limits players from each country, to suppress chinese talent.

@@agenthex It mostly suppresses foreign talents.The Chinese have their internal competition system and many experienced coaches who can guide their players.Any rule change benefits China.

@@dickn.ormous1064 How exactly does it suppress foreign talents when most countries can't even make their quota anyway? Or how does moving from 21 to 11 point games, which benefits worse players, benefit the best players? How exactly does any of that ever work in your little head?

wrong. you're china propaganda army. you're always promoting china and sh|t posting about japan in here. it's obvious

@@JohnSmith-mj8hn are you high? Im not a chinese nor brainwashed. Just saying facts.

@@JohnSmith-mj8hn Lol idk bout ito but harimoto's parents are both pro table tennis player from china

@@JohnSmith-mj8hn ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-8qt-VOLD_9Q.html (she is clearly trained by a chinese and she can speak chinese fluently)

@@waszkreslem9306 She's speaking in Japanese which then translated into Chinese by the narrator.