My sister in-law just got back from China. Her friend’s cousin was an NBA player that was playing in China during the lockout. She got invited to go visit him in China so she went for a week. She said she got treated like a celebrity cause no one ever sees blond hair blue eyed girls there. People were taking pictures with her and treating her like she was famous. She also said China was pretty dirty but she was in a smaller town north of Bejing and it was also like 13 degrees the whole time. Anyway she brought me back a real Chinese ping pong paddle. It feels awesome and has a sticky surface. I’m going to dominate. I was slightly bummed thought when I check my other paddles and they were all made in china including the table and this phone.