China-U.S. mixed doubles players train for WTT Championships (1/5)

Chinese athlete Lin Gaoyuan (L) and U.S. player Lily Zhang exchange ideas while training for the 2021 World Table Tennis (WTT) Championships in Houston, Texas, Nov. 22, 2021. (Photo: China News Service/Liu Guanguan)

Pairs consisting both American and Chinese players will compete in mixed teams at the 2021 World Table Tennis Championships.

China's Wang Manyu (L) and Kanak Jha (R, front)of the United States?train against another transnational pair of China's Lin Gaoyuan (L, front) in red and the United States' Lily Zhang (L, back) at training for the 2021 World Table Tennis (WTT) Championships in Houston, Texas, Nov. 22, 2021. (Photo: China News Service/Liu Guanguan)

China's Wang Manyu (R, front) and Kanak Jha (R, front) of of the United States?train for the 2021 World Table Tennis (WTT) Championships in Houston, Texas, Nov. 22, 2021. (Photo: China News Service/Liu Guanguan)

Liu Guoliang, chair of the World Table Tennis (WTT) Council and president of the Chinese Table Tennis Association, communicates with Chinese athlete Zhang An and American player Lily Zhang at training for the 2021 World Table Tennis (WTT) Championships in Houston, Texas, Nov. 22, 2021. (Photo: China News Service/Liu Guanguan)

Representatives from China and the U.S. show the press the exchanged uniforms from each other before the training for the 2021 World Table Tennis (WTT) Championships in Houston, Texas, Nov. 22, 2021. (Photo: China News Service/Liu Guanguan)