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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 1/2  »  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...
15 Jul 08 visit Eye on Gay Shanghai: As the gay world turns...  »  Shanghaiist Just like the American soap opera, As the World Turns, the Planet Gay Shanghai has experienced numerous plot twists in the past year. Shanghai’s #1 Fag Hag has been out of the scene for a long time, but she's just had a fabulous relaunch of her career a...
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...
15 Oct 08 visit The famous Wang Hao  »  Shanghaiist Know what? Forget the angry Chinese youth. It's the angry Chinese guys playing racquet sports that scare us. First it was badminton bad boy Dan Lin threatening to bludgeon a South Korean coach with his racket a couple years ago (and then later...

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