In January 2007, Pingping was invited to take part on a television program in
Tokyo, Japan. His home of Inner Mongolia is also home to
Bao Xishun, who at tall was recognized by Guinness as the world's tallest man until September 2009. Their televised meeting in July 2007 attracted global media attention. In May 2008, Pingping appeared in the British
Channel 4 documentary called ''The World's Smallest Man and Me'', hosted by
Mark Dolan. In the episode, Pingping and his family spent time with Dolan, who stayed over to celebrate
Chinese New Year. In September 2008, he appeared with the world's longest-legged woman,
Svetlana Pankratova, in London's
Trafalgar Square, to publicize the release of the 2009 edition of the
Guinness Book of World Records. His height was measured thrice over the course of 10 hours before Pingping received a certificate officially naming him as the world's shortest man. In September 2007, Pingping travelled to the U.S. to help launch the 2008 edition of the
Guinness Book of World Records in
New York City, which certified him as the world's smallest man. On 25 April 2010, Pingping was featured in the tenth episode of the
16th season of the American reality show
The Amazing Race, filmed earlier in
Shanghai. The episode was dedicated in his memory. == Death ==