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South Korea has been forced to pull out of Qatar Open because of the 14-day quarantine imposed by the local government. http://www.donga.com/news/article/all/20200229/99938229/1 Korea table tennis blocked by COVID-19, forced to abandon Qatar open Nusis input 2020-02-29 18:36 edit 2020-02-29...

It appears folks in Japan are starting to suspect their cases are being un(der)reported. You don't have it if you don't get tested, right?

As reported by the Japanese media, the folks at JOC intend to "force their way through", citing they've spent so much money now for it to be postponed or cancelled. The IOC says it's still too soon to call it off. Personally, I want it to go ahead as planned. But given the situation now, I'm...

A week or so ago, JTTA extended their hands to the CTTA, saying they could take the CNT in after the Qatar Open until Tokyo 2020. LGL didn't turn it down but also said staying in Japan is one option, with other places in consideration. German TTA and Austrian TTA have also extended their...

https://www.nikkansports.com/sports/news/202002290000326.html The Japan Table Tennis Association has abandoned plans to accept the Chinese team, which has been unable to return home due to the spread of the novel coronavirus and has been continuing to adjust overseas, to Japan. An official of...

JNT: We'll take you in, if you need a place to stay after Qatar Open. CNT: So nice of you, we'll consider it. (COVID-19 spreads in Japan, South Korea, Iran, Italy...) LGL: Maybe we should go home.

Reporters are required to wear masks and stay 3 meters away from players. https://www.chunichi.co.jp/chuspo/article/sports/news/CK2020022502100131.html Ito feels there will be less and less tournaments before the Olympics...

https://www.tokyo-sports.co.jp/sports/table-tennis/1756725/ Is it good or bad for table tennis Nippon? The postponement of the World Table Tennis Championships (March 22-29, South Korea) has been announced due to the spread of the novel coronavirus, but the scene is confusing. After returning...

https://hochi.news/articles/20200226-OHT1T50001.html In the table tennis world, the rehearsal battle for the Tokyo Olympics has been postponed. The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) has announced that it will postpone the World Team Table Tennis Championship originally scheduled...

As Carl put it, HK learned it the hard way during the SARS outbreak. Didn't know what was coming until it was too late. This time around, the public doesn't wait for government action and instead follows the expert advice to wash hands often, wear a mask at all times while outside and at work...

Be brave, as your people intend to kyoukou toppa! https://twitter.com/arapanman/status/1231515764751945733 https://twitter.com/arapanman/status/1231517646081781760

Other than CCY for Qatar Open, the entire Taipei team has pulled out of Qatar Open and Oman Open. The entire JNT has also pulled out of the Oman Open. Kato and a few others have also pulled out of Polish Open.

Though I don't want to use the term, it's "largely contained" in HK as of this writing. Of the 92 confirmed cases, 2 died, both of whom had diabetes, and 24 have been discharged. As the pundits admitted in a talk show yesterday, 3rd-generation infection has already happened but is limited for...

Just the day after Trump said the US has it under control, a new case with no clear route of infection popped up and your man changed his tone. Trump: Huawei poses a grave threat to the US national security. Boom, Crypto AG, where the CIA and BND had been spying over rigged equipment sold to...

https://hk.appledaily.com/china/20200227/SCCHLSFFF573ZHTE73BJD7VF2I/ [Wuhan Pneumonia] Zhong Nanshan: Epidemic not necessarily originates in China and basically under control at the end of April Zhong Nanshan, the leader of the high-level expert group of the National Health and Medical...

The situation is not as bad in China now. Except for Hubei, the numbers have slowed down in other provinces the past few days. The pundits are confident to get it under control by April. https://www.cgtn.com/special/Battling-the-novel-coronavirus-What-we-know-so-far-.html

Speak of the devil. There's a new thread on Tieba asking for help to verify a fake OC that's being passed off as the European retail version. This one is easy to tell. The handle is symmetrical and the finishing is too smooth to be true(:cool:)... https://tieba.baidu.com/p/6515260919

Not sure. Most of them just share the pictures to sneer at Stiga's nickname, give people a chuckle and say they'll never buy again despite how they like the feel. If they got it from say taobao.com and jd.com, there's a 7-day no-questions-asked refund policy, but most of these usually happen...

It's clearly the glue. I mean, people should stop gluing with Elmer's Glue-All...