Ping-pong legend Deng Yaping set to appear in online drama By Xu Fan | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2021-02-09 14:04 Share
To Be With You. [Photo provided to China Daily]
To Be With You, an online anthology series consisting of six stories, will see one tale feature China s table-tennis legend Deng Yaping in a scene playing herself.
As a tribute to mark the 100th anniversary of the Communist Party of China s founding, the series, which gathers more than 10 veteran actors, has been running on streaming site iQiyi since Feb 8.
The story with the four-time Olympic champion is titled
Qing Chun Yong Zhu (being young forever), focusing on a table tennis player who struggles with memory loss for 20 years after fainting while training in the 1990s.