:Here is an itemized list of every statement STILL in this article that needs a reference of some sort, with a rationale as to why it needs it.  The refimprove tag is still needed: 
 *"He also won numerous champion titles at various other regional, national and international table tennis events, and the number of his championship titles exceeds all those won by the other members of the Chinese national team combined. No other single table tennis player has ever won so many championship titles."  Which titles?  Where is a reference that backs up that he won more titles than anyone else? 
 *Several statements regarding his courtship and marriage to his first wife are entirely unreferenced.  Where does this information come from? 
 *There's a ton of information about his second wife, including her hysterectomy?  which lacks any reference at all.  If either of these two women are alive today, this article represents a HUGE BLP violation.  Even if they aren't, information like this needs direct citations. 
 *"In 1973, Zhuang Zedong became a favorite of Jiang Qing, wife of Mao Zedong and leader of the Cultural Revolution. He was named, sequentially, to become a representative of the 10th Plenary Session of the Communist Party of China, a member of the Central Committee, vice party secretary, secretary and director of the National Sports Committee." Really?  According to whom was he a favorite of Mao's wife?  Where is the references to support his appointment to these positons?  What's the connection to receiving these positions to the thesis statement of this paragraph regarding his relationship with Mao's wife.  Such connections and statements need sources. 
 If you removed every statement which is unreferenced, the article would probably be below the minimum length to post in ITN.  The article really needs help!  I believe this person is notable enough to make the ITN recent death's ticker.  I would be embarassed for Wikipedia if an article in this state made the main page, however.  ''''''''''