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Plot twists and antiheroes: there's more to badminton than meets the eye

Brilliant, volatile and glamorous, China's Lin Dan could be the man to bring badminton to the masses ...full story at Guardian Blogs

from Guardian Blogs on Fri, Aug 15 2008

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01 Jun 08 visit 羽毛球EX [Badminton EX] Part 2/2  »  YouTube videoSemester 2 project in Ms. Zhu's Mandarin 1 course at WHS. Two friends face off in the badminton division of the Beijing 2008 Olympics. Very, um. Unconventionally Modernist.
15 Mar 08 visit Lin Dan incident closed  »  Shanghaiist One of the first sport scandal stories of 2008 was an on court fight involving current world number one men’s badminton player Lin Dan. The Badminton World Federation investigated and have released a statement to conclude. In the Korean Open men...
16 Jul 08 visit Tough road for China's beloved women's volleyball  »  Shanghaiist Among the home crowd, women's volleyball (女排)is one of the hottest tickets at these Olympics. With the exception of badminton and table tennis doubles, it is the only team sport where China has any history of Olympic success, winning gold in China's...
12 Aug 09 visit Wednesday WTF: Daily exercises have gotten so weird  »  Shanghaiist It took us two viewings to figure out what these kids from a Nanxiang County high school in Hunan were doing: sports moves! We saw some practicing for ping pong, badminton, volleyball and lots of basketball and then the video went from being really really...
21 Jul 09 visit China's sportswear brand Li-Ning opens flagship store in Singapore  »  People's Daily Singapore's Minister of State for Trade and Industry Lee Yi Shyan officiated at the opening of Li-Ning's badminton flagship store in Singapore, its first store in Asia outside China. The sportswear giant Li-Ning, founded by top China gymnast Li Ning,...
21 Jul 08 visit The Guest Families  »  China Expat       Quick: what do pint-sized Party Leader Deng Xiaoping, badminton champ Lin Dan, and screen idol Chow Yun-Fat have in common? Yes, yes, they are all Chinese, but what kind? Take a bow if you know they're Hakka. Neither racially nor...

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