{"id":58670,"date":"2024-11-05T17:54:26","date_gmt":"2024-11-05T15:54:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/tennis\/the-5th-edition-of-chinese-ambassadors-cup-table-tennis-tournament-concluded-in-rwanda\/"},"modified":"2024-11-05T17:54:26","modified_gmt":"2024-11-05T15:54:26","slug":"the-5th-edition-of-chinese-ambassadors-cup-table-tennis-tournament-concluded-in-rwanda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/tennis\/the-5th-edition-of-chinese-ambassadors-cup-table-tennis-tournament-concluded-in-rwanda\/","title":{"rendered":"The 5th Edition of &quot;Chinese Ambassador\u2019s Cup&quot; Table Tennis Tournament Concluded in Rwanda"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"press-body-in\">\n                            <span><br \/>\n                                                            KIGALI, Rwanda, November 5, 2024\/APO Group\/ &#8212;<br \/>\n                                                        <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-index=\"6\">From November 2<\/span><span data-index=\"6\">nd<\/span><span data-index=\"6\">to 3<\/span><span data-index=\"6\">rd<\/span><span data-index=\"6\">, the 5<\/span><span data-index=\"6\">th<\/span><span data-index=\"6\">\u2002edition of\u00a0<\/span><span data-index=\"6\">&#8220;<\/span><span data-index=\"6\">Chinese\u00a0<\/span><span data-index=\"6\">Ambassador<\/span><span data-index=\"6\">\u2019<\/span><span data-index=\"6\">s<\/span><span data-index=\"6\">\u2002Cup&#8221;\u00a0<\/span><span data-index=\"6\">t<\/span><span data-index=\"6\">able\u00a0<\/span><span data-index=\"6\">t<\/span><span data-index=\"6\">ennis tournament was successfully held in Kigali, Rwanda.\u00a0<\/span><span data-index=\"6\">H.E.\u00a0<\/span><span data-index=\"6\">Ambassador Wang Xuekun<\/span><span data-index=\"6\">,<\/span><span data-index=\"6\">\u2002and Mr. John Birungi, President of the Rwanda Table Tennis Federation, attended the event\u2002and awarded medals to the winners.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span data-index=\"6\">Ambassador Wang said that<\/span><span data-index=\"6\">,<\/span><span data-index=\"6\">\u2002table tennis is an important bridge for China and Rwanda<\/span><span data-index=\"6\">\u2002friendship, and is suitable for all ages. Rwanda\u00a0<\/span><span data-index=\"6\">successfully held the\u00a0<\/span><span data-index=\"6\">ITTF Africa Cup\u00a0<\/span><span data-index=\"6\">2024<\/span><span data-index=\"6\">\u2002Tourney and the African Olympic Qualification Tournament,\u00a0<\/span><span data-index=\"6\">bringing\u00a0<\/span><span data-index=\"6\">more<\/span><span data-index=\"6\">\u2002opportunities for the development of table tennis<\/span><span data-index=\"6\">\u2002in Rwanda<\/span><span data-index=\"6\">.\u00a0<\/span><span data-index=\"6\">I appreciate<\/span><span data-index=\"6\">\u2002the players for their wonderful performance<\/span><span data-index=\"6\">.<\/span><span data-index=\"6\">T<\/span><span data-index=\"6\">he embassy\u00a0<\/span><span data-index=\"6\">will<\/span><span data-index=\"6\">\u2002continue to support the development of table tennis in Rwanda<\/span><span data-index=\"6\">,\u00a0<\/span><span data-index=\"6\">promote\u00a0bilateral exchanges of sports and culture, so as to advance the \u2002comprehensive strategic partnership between China and Rwanda.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-index=\"6\">Mr. Birungi thanked the\u00a0<\/span><span data-index=\"6\">E<\/span><span data-index=\"6\">mbassy for its long-term support<\/span><span data-index=\"6\">\u2002for\u00a0<\/span><span data-index=\"6\">table tennis<\/span><span data-index=\"6\">\u2002in Rwanda. He reaffirmed the willingness to work with the Embassy to improve the players\u2019\u2002skills, and attract more people to play table tennis, contributing to the bilateral friendly cooperation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-index=\"6\">The tournament was jointly organized by the\u00a0<\/span><span data-index=\"6\">Chinese E<\/span><span data-index=\"6\">mbassy and the Rwanda Table Tennis Federation<\/span><span data-index=\"6\">.<\/span><span data-index=\"6\">\u2002More than 160 players from Rwanda<\/span><span data-index=\"6\">\u2002and\u00a0<\/span><span data-index=\"6\">Uganda participated,<\/span><span data-index=\"6\">\u2002a record high in history.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/press\/the-5th-edition-of-chinese-ambassadors-cup-table-tennis-tournament-concluded-in-rwanda?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KIGALI, Rwanda, November 5, 2024\/APO Group\/ &#8212; From November 2ndto 3rd, the 5th\u2002edition of\u00a0&#8220;Chinese\u00a0Ambassador\u2019s\u2002Cup&#8221;\u00a0table\u00a0tennis tournament was successfully held in Kigali, Rwanda.\u00a0H.E.\u00a0Ambassador Wang Xuekun,\u2002and Mr. John Birungi, President of the Rwanda Table Tennis Federation, attended the event\u2002and awarded medals to the winners. Ambassador Wang said that,\u2002table tennis is an important bridge for China and Rwanda\u2002friendship, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":58671,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/files\/large\/086f6f1d62d8b50","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[248],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58670","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/files\/large\/086f6f1d62d8b50","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58670","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58670"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58670\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58671"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58670"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58670"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58670"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}