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No one mentioned ML, XX , FZD's new Weibo posts explaining why they will not go?
I think the biggest loser of this might be FZD. ML and XX already achieved what they could. FZD had a great future ahead of him. Now nobody knows what will happen to him.
No one is your dear here, please don't give me goosebumps
The best way to avoid goosebumps is not reading somebody's posts after you pretend to be intellectually superior and being sarcastic all the time. The metaphors like "broken phone" and "hero" & "internet police" are judging and arrogant. This forum is not CNN or BBC, I can gossip whatever I want. No one thinks you're funny or superior when all I can see is the sarcasm in your personality.
Of course all three will play in National Games, where they represent their provincial teams not CNT. ML, FZD and XX were the gold, silver, bronze medalists in the previous National Games 4 years ago. FZD and ZY were MD gold. This year ML and XX pair across the provinces for MD.
BTW, if you know anything about China and the party, you should not be surprised by the foundation of party school of GAS now. July 1 is a big deal. I would say it has nothing to do with the boycott.
Again, same message across all 3 players, too tired from previous consecutive competition. This time, they are not identical like last time, different words but same meaning.
Don't know what this indicates. Perhaps, they have seek a common ground with the leaders, this is not the appropriate time to compete considering all these outstanding issues, and they may not perform well, so its wise to skip it. Could it be a punishment? don't know, but logically, banning your top 3 players from representing your country is just as much punishment to yourself.
I didn't at all mean to suggest it had anything to do with the boycott (that idea never crossed my mind). That timing pretty much has to be coincidental. I did mean to suggest things that shine a light on the guy making decisions right now -- his background, tendencies, the kind of rhetoric he uses, the kinds of environments he creates in agencies he heads. As for the players' Weibo comments, can someone link to them, and also, are they allowing comments this time (seems unlikely)?
Is 3.58 billion CNY a lot? Remember we have some arguments about the income of Chinese athletes a while ago? In that report (although I don't trust), Sun Yang earned 0.07 billion CNY in 2016 and ZJK 0.06 billion CNY.
Baal, GAS might be the least important dept. Don't assume they get a big budget from the central gov. In fact, 2017 budget is only 3.58 billion CNY. In comparison, Dept of Education got 137.8 billion CNY and Dept of Health/Family Planning got 13.7 billion CNY. I am not saying there won't be money issues with GAS. They earned money from sports lottery, from overhead of prize money and sponsorship and so on. But as I said previously, while CNT is managed by GAS-TT/B center, none of CNT people have a position in GAS-TT/B center (poor CNT and poor LGL! The former badminton head coach Li Yongbo was the director of TT/B center at the same time.)
Is 3.58 billion CNY a lot? Remember we have some arguments about the income of Chinese athletes a while ago? In that report (although I don't trust), Sun Yang earned 0.07 billion CNY in 2016 and ZJK 0.06 billion CNY.
The GSA budget may be low, but the activities they control represent huge money. Plenty of money to be made and spread around, and the government wants to control it. The budget allocated does not tell the story, assuming those figures are accurate. Transparency is not something most people associate with CCP rule.
ZJK made $10mil ... ! woww... such buying power in China is a lot.
I agree that power may manipulate money and vice versa. However, it is considered a demotion of Gou Zhongwen from vice mayor of Beijing to the director of GAS.