When Mao Zedong purged his most senior Party boss, Liu Shaoqi, during the Cultural Revolution, Liu’s wife was paraded through the streets wearing ping-pong balls around her neck as a symbol of wicked decadence and extravagance.
Pendant la Révolution culturelle, lorsque Mao Zedong se débarrassa de son plus haut cadre du Parti, Liu Shaoqi, la femme de ce dernier fut promenée dans les rues, arborant des balles de ping-pong autour de son cou comme symbole de sa décadence et de son extravagance malfaisantes.