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I should add to my last comment. I am not an expert on China, I think to claim that you should speak the language and have lived there or spent a lot more time there than I have. But, I have been there many times and beyond in-laws, I have a few very close friends who are Chinese government...

More likely they see it as none of their business. It is after all an internal Chinese affair.

Maybe. I never took Psychology 101 and I hope you are right. Also when I say solidarity and you say well-bonded, it means pretty much rhe same thing, right? But I have been watching the current Chinese government pretty closely for the last 18 months and they have some distinct Maoist...

Rainever just posted it. http://xw.qq.com/sports/20170623042419 I just used Google translate to get the sense of it.

I admire them but also worry for them. This can't be easy for them.

Here is what the Chinese governments says: "We require sports teams, athletes at any time to patriotism, collectivism in the first place, excellent ideological style, strict discipline requirements and the level of movement is equally important. State Sports General Administration has...

Here is tge google translatio of the key paragraph. "We require sports teams, athletes at any time to patriotism, collectivism in the first place, excellent ideological style, strict discipline requirements and the level of movement is equally important. State Sports General Administration has...

Wow. I would think most people would support the players, who are taking a fairly courageous stand against what they believe is an injustice, and who are for the most part sticking together. History has tended to look favorably on athletes who have done that, even though sometimes it costs them.

I think this could snowball way above sports. This may be a watershed moment of sorts. Heads will roll. Whose heads? But the players' loyalty says a lot about LGL. I admre the courage and solidarity of the players.

In fact, according to the ITTF Handbook for Match Officials, the ball doesn't need to be thrown perfectly straight. They provide a little diagram showing allowable angles. 45 degree angle from vertical should not be allowed but 20 degrees away from vertical would be ok. The guidance is not...

I can't tell. But he may have aggravated it. Once you have a back injury process started and you think you are getting better, it may be something trivial that causes a problem to recur in a big way. Something like reaching for your socks or who knows. It doesn't have to happen while...

I hope Samsonov is not finished but it looks like Harimoto is just getting started. These are a couple of really good wins. Kids improve at astonishing rates, apparently not matter what level they are.

I am looking at the way ZJK is picking up the ball. I have had back surgery once. That looks very very real to me. And if not hurt, he is hard to beat by any non-Chinese. The sport is better of with him in it, so I hope he is not done, but probably he is, at least for awhile. If he was from...

Actually, I think there are different ways to go about controlling breathing (which thereby relaxes upper body at the right time). One is the grunting you hear from people like Dima (and martial artists). A somewhat different thing is the almost serene relaxation you see from Vladi. There are...

Try it anyway. FZD is not holding his breath. Our OP might be. I see it a lot. (Also, in a picture that freezes a moment in time, players faces may be moving but it doesn't mean facial muscles are contracting, below see how relaxed Vladi is, and if you actually watch him live, the really...

This is what KLH says. Is it true? Does it pass the smell test? Would you allow your family to run up a half million in gambling debts without your knowing? Apprently it didn't convince the CTTA since he is still out. And did this whole thing contribute to the ouster of LGL? What all is...

Here is another tip. Relax your face while looping and make sure you breathe during the point. Kind of a zen trick.

Hard to say. In Dusseldorf on the days I was there I saw a large Chinese cheering section, only a fraction of whom were hardcore ZJK fangirls with the little head pieces and ZJK handbags and stuff and who seemed to have no interest in anyone else or the sport in general. 10 to 20% maybe? I...

Based on my experience at WTTC something I noticed. German fans are knowledgeable and care about table tennis for its own sake and are not just cheering for one player. Many were completely amazed by FZD (for example). Many wore the shirts of their own TT clubs (men and women). They also...

Unless you are trying to watch a match where he is not playing.