随着改革开放,自80年代末,我国的一些退役的和现役的乒乓球运动员陆续到国外去打球。经过个人努力,他们中的绝大部分在异国他乡站稳了脚跟,有的已加入了所在国的国籍,并代表该国与自已的同胞同场竞技,这些人均被称作“海外兵团”。“海外兵团”的形成,在客观上促进了乒乓球运动的向前发展。正是由于我们有一部分具有相当水平的运动员在国外打球,带动了所在国的乒乓球运动,扩大了乒乓球的影响。“海外兵团”的形成,使中国运动员有了强劲的对手,增强了我们的内在动力。为了消除“海外兵团”的威胁,我们在这些年里 With the reform and opening up, since the late 1980s, some retired and active-duty table tennis players in our country have successively gone abroad to play games. Through their personal efforts, the vast majority of them have established themselves in foreign lands, some have joined the nationality of their home country and have represented the country with their fellow countrymen, all of whom are called “overseas corps.” The formation of “Overseas Corps” objectively promoted the development of table tennis. It is precisely because we have a considerable level of athletes playing abroad, led the host country’s table tennis, expanding the impact of table tennis. The formation of “Overseas Corps” has given Chinese athletes a strong opponent and strengthened our internal motivation. In order to eliminate the threat of “overseas corps”, we are in these years