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I understand it's hard for non-Chinese speaking members to understand, but folks in China get it.

It's all written there. Now your turn to do the homework. Go figure it on your own.

Here's what the reform is about. Basically, table tennis associations from around the world have the final say. Not the case with China, the CTTA is merely a rubber stamp, above it there is a Table Tennis & Badminton Sports Management Center that has de facto power. The Management Center is a...

Retire, Ishikawa!

Oh, I was in the middle of fixing that. It should read "the preparatory working group for the transition to the 9th committee of the China Table Tennis Association has been established."

Image posted by CCTV 5 Reporter Zhou Dao on her Weibo http://www.ctta.cn/xhgg/qttz/2018/0927/184197.html China Table Tennis Association Announcement 2018-09-27 15:26 China Table Tennis Association In order to further deepen the reform of sports and ensure the smooth progress of the...

Wait a minute. During the British colonial era, this was how the book taught me about the world map: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia, collectively known as Britannia.

Seriously, Harimoto has speed only and on the BH only. In the latest TV program, it's revealed head coach Kurashima bashed him for having a crappy forehand after his straight game loss to LJK at the Korea Open.

I'm sorry but the expedite rule worked in favor of Pesotska. She was down 7:10 in the 2nd game against Li Qian when it kicked in, and came back to take it 12:10. She was leading 8:3, also in the 2nd game, before Han Ying equalized it at 8:8 and then it kicked into effect at 9:8. She barely...

A passage from the article reads:

On Boll taking the ETTC title for the 7th time and former Chinese chopper getting crowned women's champ Wuwuwuwu [Guangdong Shantou] European table tennis is very popular with many people playing, but it's true that it's not treated with emphasis. Table tennis is the national sport. This is...

Translated comments on Sina News(equivalent to Yahoo News), on Boll reaching the SF and Samsonov beating Dima, and the end of myth for 55-year-old Ni Xialian In reverse chronological order: Old shrimp [Sichuan Chengdu] Can't say that, he's still a handful when playing crazy, but his level...

Glad you find it helpful. As to your questions, no, not the primary meaning of lax. According to Oxford Dictionary, the secondary meaning of lax is synonymous with relaxed. It saved me 4 keystrokes. ;-) More example sentences I agree "efficient" sounds more reasonable but Shifu meant...

Per member Fabian's request. This one didn't take long to finish but it took me a while to start working on it since Hong Kong was blessed by Typhoon Mangkhut a week ago.

Hilarious thread from the OP who lives in a country with the most sophisticated gambling culture in the world looking down on his origin country.

Any time you see a chopper on the podium in any of the 3 majors, count that as a win. With the ABS ball taking the stage, there has been a re-balancing of styles, where the "speed" component has found its way back into the equation. With that, there has been a resurgence of the fast-attack...

Yes, most of the WTTC champions were choppers before the 1960s. The last female player to have won a major singles title is Tong Ling of China at the WTTC 1981. The last male player to have won a major singles title is Chen Xinhua of China at the World Cup 1985. The last female player to have...

Fortunately, it didn't take too long with fast-forwarding. Besides, it's worth spending the time over the ETTC singles finalist. She makes for a great case study because Asian players don't play like this at all. Here's the data for Pesotska VS Han Ying. Other than the 1st game, she lost...

I sat through the match again. Here's the data. Pesotska's BH didn't really win her that many points. There were many instances where she would open with the BH and then reset the next one, instead of following up with the FH. She took too much time to set up her point(pushing and waiting...

Another sad day for European table tennis.