Zhuang Zedong and Atsuko celebrated 20th weeding anniversary

时间：2007-12-21 08:02:22

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Zhuang Zedong, the former world table tennis champion, and his Japanese wife, Sasaki Atsuko, celebrated1 the 20th anniversary of their wedding on December 19, 2007 in Beijing. Many local celebrities2 were invited to the ceremony.
 
Chinannews, Beijing, December 20 – Zhuang Zedong, the former world table tennis champion, and his Japanese wife, Sasaki Atsuko, celebrated the 20th anniversary of their wedding on December 19, 2007 in Beijing. Many local celebrities were invited to the ceremony.

 

If there had not been the support and approval of late Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping, Zhuang and Sasaki’s maariage could not have become a reality.

 

Zhuang first met Sasaki when he was there to participate in a world talbe tennis championship in 1969 in Japan. Sasaki was born in China, and her father passed away in China in 1962. Sasaki returned to China to work with a Japanese company in Beijing in 1978, then still a single woman.

 

Zhuang divorced famed pianist Bao Huiqiao in February, 1985, at that time when China had just opened to the outside world, cross-cultural marriage was still very rare. So when his remarriage was brought up, higher authorities thought it was improper3 for Zhuang to marry a Japanese woman. As a last resort, Zhuang sent an application for marriage with Sasaki to Li Ruihuan, the mayor of Tianjin at that time and also the honorary chairman of China Table Tennis Association, saying that their love was true, and that Sasaki would choose Chinese nationality, in order only to marry him.

 

Zhuang’s application was passed on to Deng Xiaoping, and with Deng’s approval, the two lovers were able to tie the knot at last.

 

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1 celebrated iwLzpz     
adj.有名的，声誉卓著的
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  • He was soon one of the most celebrated young painters in England.不久他就成了英格兰最负盛名的年轻画家之一。
  • The celebrated violinist was mobbed by the audience.观众团团围住了这位著名的小提琴演奏家。
2 celebrities d38f03cca59ea1056c17b4467ee0b769     
n.（尤指娱乐界的）名人( celebrity的名词复数 )；名流；名声；名誉
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  • He only invited A-list celebrities to his parties. 他只邀请头等名流参加他的聚会。
  • a TV chat show full of B-list celebrities 由众多二流人物参加的电视访谈节目
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adj.不适当的，不合适的，不正确的，不合礼仪的
参考例句：
  • Short trousers are improper at a dance.舞会上穿短裤不成体统。
  • Laughing and joking are improper at a funeral.葬礼时大笑和开玩笑是不合适的。

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