After Chinese Civil War, fighting between China and Taiwan spread into diplomatic fields, including sports organizations.

[3] In February 1971, TTFA delegates thought the ITTF had no powers to dictate terms to the Asian body, and decided to keep Taiwan's membership which had existed since 1957.

[6] On May 7, 1972, after 4-day meeting in Beijing, Asian Table Tennis Union (ATTU) was officially formed with 16 member associations: Cambodia, China, DPR Korea, Iran, Iraq, Japan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Malaysia, Nepal, Pakistan, Palestine, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Syria and North Vietnam.

[1] ATTU was officially recognized by International Table Tennis Federation as a continental body for Asia at its 33rd Congress in Calcutta, 1975.

Total 44 member associations of ATTU are divided into 5 regional groups: (March 2012)[7] China Hong Kong Japan South Korea Macau Mongolia North Korea Chinese Taipei Brunei Cambodia Indonesia Laos Malaysia Myanmar Philippines Singapore Thailand Vietnam Bangladesh Bhutan India Maldives Nepal Pakistan Sri Lanka Bahrain Iraq Jordan Kuwait Lebanon Oman Palestine Qatar Saudi Arabia Syria United Arab Emirates Yemen Afghanistan Iran Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Tajikistan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan 2 Associate Members affiliated to Oceania Table Tennis Federation (OTTF) and ITTF:[1][8] Australia – Australian Table Tennis Association New Zealand – New Zealand Table Tennis Association Inc Not an ATTU member but affiliated to ITTF: Timor-Leste – East Timor Table Tennis Association Year (time/year) Year (time/year) a.