Note that it’s neither “badmitton” nor “badmitten” but rather Badminton.
Wing wing wing… “hewwo?”
Tony an Lukeinva - those are not funny racist stereotypes. Thanks for not using them again.
Well, for one thing, Chairman Mao was himself an enthusiastic table tennis player. And, as Simplicio said, the International Table Tennis Federation was one of the first international sporting bodies to recognize mainland China rather than Taiwan after the revolution. So Mao decided to make it the national sport of sorts, and when Mao said something…
A good overview here.