43 Notable alumni of
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
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Shanghai Jiao Tong University is 821st in the world, 169th in Asia, and 17th in China by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 43 notable alumni from Shanghai Jiao Tong University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Jiang Zemin
- Occupations
- politicianelectrical engineer
- Biography
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Jiang Zemin was a Chinese politician who served as general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) from 1989 to 2002, as chairman of the Central Military Commission from 1989 to 2004, and as president of China from 1993 to 2003. Jiang was the third paramount leader of China from 1989 to 2002. He was the core leader of the third generation of Chinese leadership, one of four core leaders alongside Mao Zedong, Deng Xiaoping, and Xi Jinping.
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Yao Ming
- Occupations
- entrepreneurautobiographerbasketball player
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Yao Ming is a Chinese basketball executive and former professional player. He played for the Shanghai Sharks of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) and the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Yao was selected to start for the Western Conference in the NBA All-Star Game eight times, and was named to the All-NBA Team five times. During his final season, he was the tallest active player in the NBA, at 7 feet 6 inches (2.29 m).
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Hu Yaobang
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- politician
- Biography
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Hu Yaobang was a Chinese politician who was a high-ranking official of the People's Republic of China. He held the top office of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) from 1981 to 1987, first as Chairman from 1981 to 1982, then as General Secretary from 1982 to 1987. After the Cultural Revolution (1966–1976), Hu rose to prominence as a close ally of Deng Xiaoping, the paramount leader of China at the time.
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Ma Long
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- table tennis player
- Biography
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Ma Long is a Chinese professional table tennis player, six-time Olympic champion, and three-time World Champion. He is the reigning World Cup singles champion. Widely regarded as the greatest table tennis player of all time, he is the only male player to complete a career Double Grand Slam as the Olympic gold medalist in men's singles in 2016 and 2020. He is also the only table tennis athlete to win 6 gold medals in summer Olympics — no other table tennis player has more than four. He holds the record for most Olympic gold medals won by a Chinese athlete.
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Qian Xuesen
- Occupations
- engineerastronautical engineeruniversity teacher
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Qian Xuesen was a Chinese aerospace engineer and cyberneticist who made significant contributions to the field of aerodynamics and established engineering cybernetics. He achieved recognition as one of America's leading experts in rockets and high-speed flight theory prior to his returning to China in 1955.
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Li Xiannian
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- politicianmilitary personnelrevolutionary
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Li Xiannian was a Chinese Communist military and political leader, president of China from 1983 to 1988 under paramount leader Deng Xiaoping and then chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference from 1988 until his death. He was a full member of the Politburo from 1956 to 1987, and of its Standing Committee from 1977 to 1987.
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Ding Junhui
- Occupations
- snooker player
- Biography
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Ding Junhui is a Chinese professional snooker player. He is the most successful Asian player in the history of the sport. Throughout his career, he has won 15 major ranking titles, including three UK Championships (2005, 2009, 2019), and in 2014, became the first Asian world number one. He has twice reached the final of the Masters, winning once in 2011. In 2016, he became the first Asian player to reach the final of the World Championship.
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Zhou Qi
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- basketball player
- Biography
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Zhou Qi is a Chinese professional basketball player for the Beijing Ducks of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA). He has been a regular member of the China men's national basketball team since 2014, winning a gold team medal in the 2015 FIBA Asia Championship and the 2018 Asian Games.
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Xu Xin
- Occupations
- table tennis player
- Biography
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Xu Xin is a Chinese professional table tennis player. He first reached his career-high singles ranking of world No. 1 by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) in January 2013.
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Sun Yingsha
- Occupations
- table tennis player
- Biography
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Sun Yingsha is a Chinese professional table tennis player, Olympic champion, and World Champion. She is the current world No. 1 in women's singles. At the closing ceremony of Paris 2024 Olympic games, Sun was selected to extinguish the Olympic flame as the representative of the continent of Asia, the first female to be selected for the role.
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James S.C. Chao
- Years
- 1927-.. (age 98)
- Occupations
- entrepreneursailorbusinessperson
- Biography
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James Si-Cheng Chao is a Chinese businessman, philanthropist, and former sea captain. He is the founder of the shipping company Foremost Group. He is also known as the father of Elaine Chao and father-in-law of United States Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell.
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Liu Guoliang
- Occupations
- table tennis player
- Biography
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Liu Guoliang is a retired Chinese table tennis player. He is the first Chinese male player to achieve a career grand slam of three majors (Olympic Games, World Cup, World Championships). He is considered by many to be one of the greatest players and coaches of all time. He has also played with Kong Linghui in doubles.
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Zhang Zhizhen
- Occupations
- tennis player
- Biography
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Zhang Zhizhen is a Chinese professional tennis player. He reached a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 31 in July 2024 and a doubles ranking of No. 47 in July 2024. As of July 2023, he became the highest-ever ranked Chinese male tennis player. He is the current No. 1 Chinese player. He has won three singles and two doubles titles on the ATP Challenger, and two singles and two doubles titles on the ITF Futures Tour. He won a silver medal in mixed doubles alongside Wang Xinyu at the 2024 Summer Olympics.
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Wang Liqin
- Occupations
- table tennis player
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Wang Liqin is a Chinese table tennis player. He began playing at the age of 6 and was picked for the Chinese men's national squad in 1993 when he was only 15 years old. He holds three majors (3 World Championships). He has been ranked #1 by ITTF for 25 consecutive months, from September 2000 to September 2002, which is the second-longest period for being consecutive #1 of the world as of January 2011. At the end of 2013, Wang Liqin retired from the national team.
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Jenova Chen
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- computer scientistvideo game designerartistvideo game director
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Xinghan Chen, known professionally as Jenova Chen, is a Chinese video game designer. He is the designer of the award-winning games Cloud, Flow, Flower, and Journey, co-founder of Thatgamecompany as well as an advisor for Annapurna Interactive.
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Andy Chan
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- politician
- Biography
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Andy Chan Ho-tin is a Hong Kong pro-independence political activist. He is a founding member and the convenor of the Hong Kong National Party, the first party to advocate for Hong Kong independence.
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Mao Yushi
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- economist
- Biography
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Mao Yushi is a Chinese economist. Mao graduated from Shanghai Jiao Tong University in 1950 and was labeled a 'rightist' in 1958. In 1986, Mao was a visiting scholar at Harvard University, and in 1990, Mao was a senior lecturer at Queensland University.
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Yang Yuanqing
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- entrepreneurbusinessperson
- Biography
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Yang Yuanqing is a Chinese business executive and philanthropist who is the current chairman and CEO of Lenovo.
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Marjorie Yang
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- 1952-.. (age 73)
- Occupations
- justice of the peacepolitician
- Biography
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Marjorie Yang Mun-tak GBS is Chairwoman of Esquel Group, a Hong Kong–based textile and apparel manufacturer with operations throughout the world, producing over 110 million cotton shirts every year for well-acclaimed brands and retailers such as Ralph Lauren, Tommy Hilfiger, Hugo Boss, Nike, and Marks and Spencer.
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Robin Zeng
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- 1968-.. (age 57)
- Occupations
- businessperson
- Biography
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Robin Zeng Yuqun is a Chinese billionaire businessman. He is the founder and chairman of the battery manufacturer CATL (Contemporary Amperex Technology), and a vice chairman of the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce. Zeng is the 40th wealthiest, with an estimated net worth of US$38.5 billion as of February 2025, according to Forbes and Bloomberg Billionaires Index.
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Xu Jiayu
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- swimmer
- Biography
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Xu Jiayu is a Chinese competitive swimmer who specializes in the backstroke. He is the Olympic Silver medalist (2016 Rio de Janeiro and 2024 Paris) and twice consecutive world champion (2017 Budapest and 2019 Gwangju) in the 100 meters backstroke.
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Chen Zhu
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- molecular biologistuniversity teacherpoliticianhematologistgeneticist
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Chen Zhu ForMemRS is a Chinese hematologist and molecular biologist who has served as the president of the Red Cross Society of China from 2015 to 2024.
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Lu Dingyi
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- politician
- Biography
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Lu Dingyi was a leader of the Chinese Communist Party. After the establishment of the People's Republic of China and before the Cultural Revolution, he was credited as one of the top officials in socialist culture.
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Yao Tongbin
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- scientistmilitary flight engineer
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Yao Tongbin was a Chinese scientist and one of China's foremost missile engineers. He was beaten to death during the Cultural Revolution in 1968. In 1999, he was posthumously awarded the Two Bombs, One Satellite Meritorious Award, and officially recognized as a "martyr" within China.
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Huang Yanpei
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- 1878-1965 (aged 87)
- Occupations
- writerpolitician
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Huang Yanpei was a Chinese educator, writer, and politician. He was a founding pioneer of the China Democratic League and the China National Democratic Construction Association, which are among the eight legally recognised minor political parties in China under the Chinese Communist Party's united front.
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Zhang Jun
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- badminton playerOlympic competitorbadminton coach
- Biography
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Zhang Jun is a former male badminton player from the People's Republic of China. He is now a coach with the Chinese national team following his retirement as an international player.
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Wu Wenjun
- Enrolled in Shanghai Jiao Tong University
- Studied in 1940
- Occupations
- mathematicianhistorian of mathematicshistoriantopologist
- Biography
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Wu Wenjun, also commonly known as Wu Wen-tsün, was a Chinese mathematician, historian, and writer. He was an academician at the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), best known for Wu class, Wu formula, and Wu's method of characteristic set.
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Shen Xiaoming
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Shen Xiaoming is a Chinese politician who is currently the Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary of Hunan.
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Jiang Jianqing
- Occupations
- bankereconomist
- Biography
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Jiang Jianqing is the former chairman of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), the world's largest bank by assets and 2nd market value; he held the position from 2005 to 2016.
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Jun Ye
- Enrolled in Shanghai Jiao Tong University
- Studied applied physics
- Occupations
- university teacherresearcheracademicphysicist
- Biography
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Jun Ye is a Chinese-American physicist at JILA, National Institute of Standards and Technology, and the University of Colorado Boulder, working primarily in the field of atomic, molecular, and optical physics.
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Xia Peisu
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- engineeruniversity teachercomputer scientist
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Xia Peisu or Pei-su Hsia was a Chinese computer scientist and educator known for her pioneering research in computer science and technology. The leading developer of Model 107, the nation's first domestically designed general-purpose electronic computer, she has been called the "Mother of Computer Science in China". She and her husband Yang Liming were both elected academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1991. In 2010, she was honoured with the inaugural Lifetime Achievement Award from the China Computer Federation.
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T. Tony Cai
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- mathematicianstatistician
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Tianwen Tony Cai is a Chinese statistician. He is the Daniel H. Silberberg Professor of Statistics and Vice Dean at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He is also professor of Applied Math & Computational Science Graduate Group, and associate scholar at the Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology & Informatics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania. In 2008 Cai received the COPSS Presidents' Award.
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Hou Yingchao
- Years
- 1980-.. (age 45)
- Occupations
- table tennis player
- Biography
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Hou Yingchao is a Chinese table tennis player who plays a chopping style.
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Min Gu
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- 1960-.. (age 65)
- Occupations
- engineerphysicistuniversity teacher
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Min Gu is a Chinese-Australian physicist who currently serves as the Executive Chancellor and Professor at the University of Shanghai for Science and Technology. Previously he was Distinguished Professor and Associate Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Research Innovation & Entrepreneurship at RMIT University.
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Isaac Mao
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- writer
- Biography
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Isaac Mao is a Chinese software architect, and social media researcher. He is doing research in social learning and for developing the philosophy of Sharism.
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Guoping Feng
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- neuroscientistuniversity teacher
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Guoping Feng is a Chinese-American neuroscientist. He is the Poitras Professor of Neuroscience at the McGovern Institute for Brain Research in the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences at MIT and member of the Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research at Broad Institute. He is most notable for studying the synaptic mechanisms underlying psychiatric disease. In addition to developing many genetic-based imaging tools for the study of molecular mechanisms in the brain, he has generated and characterized rodent models of obsessive-compulsive disorder, autism spectrum disorders, and schizophrenia. Feng has also shown that some autism-like behaviors can be corrected in adult mice by manipulating the expression of the SHANK3 gene.
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Hu Dunfu
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- 1886-1978 (aged 92)
- Occupations
- mathematicianuniversity teacher
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Hu Dunfu was a Chinese mathematician and pioneer in higher education. He won a Qing government scholarship to study at Cornell University, and became the first dean of Tsinghua University at the age of 25. He was then briefly dean of Fudan University, before establishing Utopia University in 1912 and developing it into one of China's best private universities. He also served as head of the mathematics department of National Chiao Tung University and the first president of the Chinese Mathematical Society, which he co-founded in 1935.
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Chu Chi-chan
- Enrolled in Shanghai Jiao Tong University
- Studied in 1908
- Occupations
- painterartist
- Biography
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Zhu Qizhan was a Chinese artist known for merging the color concepts of Western art and the calligraphic brushwork of traditional Chinese painting into a personal style.
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Lan Jen Chu
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- physicist
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Lan Jen Chu was a Chinese-born American electrical engineer and a professor of electrical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Chu is noted for his work on the fundamental limitations for small antennas, also known as Chu–Harrington limit.
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Zhang Zhongjun
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- scientist
- Biography
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Zhang Zhongjun, also known as Tsun-Tsing Chang or T.T. Chang, was a Chinese electrical engineer and a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
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Xiaodong Wang
- Occupations
- teacher
- Biography
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Xiaodong Wang is a Chinese-born American electrical engineer and information theorist. He currently serves as a professor of Electrical Engineering at Columbia University. He earned a BS degree in electrical engineering and applied mathematics from Shanghai Jiaotong University, an MS degree in electrical and computer engineering from Purdue University, and a PhD from Princeton University in electrical engineering. He formerly served as assistant professor of Electrical Engineering at Texas A&M University before he joined Columbia as an assistant professor in January 2002.
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Shang Kun
- Years
- 1990-.. (age 35)
- Occupations
- table tennis player
- Biography
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Shang Kun is a Chinese table tennis player.
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Zhao Zihao
- Years
- 1997-.. (age 28)
- Occupations
- table tennis player
- Biography
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Zhao Zihao is a Chinese table tennis player. He is one of the top penhold players in the world today.
