File photo of Deng Yaping. The appointment of former Olympic table tennis champion Deng Yaping as an adjunct professor at China University of Political Science and Law was confirmed on Sunday, amid ...

China University of Political Science and Law recently announced that Deng Yaping, a well-known Chinese Olympic table tennis champion, had joined the faculty. This provoked a storm of criticism, with ...

BEIJING, Jan. 14 (UPI) -- Chinese ping pong legend Deng Yaping has been named deputy director of the Olympic Village for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. Deng's duties commence Tuesday and the ...

Deng Yaping is the new face of "ping-pong diplomacy". The former table tennis champion has become a sporting ambassador for China and is deputy director of the Olympic Village's organizing committee.