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发帖数: 1793 | 1 Peng Shuai of China (R) and Hsieh Su-Wei of Taiwan kiss their winners
trophies after defeating Ashleigh Barty and Casey Dellacqua of Australia in
their women's doubles final tennis match at the Wimbledon Tennis
Championships, in London July 6, 2013.
BEIJING (Caixin Online) — The big news from the tennis world this weekend
was not, of course, Andy Murray ending Britain’s 77-year wait for a
Wimbledon champion, but China’s Peng Shuai teaming up with Hsieh Su-wei
from Taiwan to win the women’s doubles title.
Taiwanese media pointed out that President Ma Ying-jeou, Vice President Wu
Den-yih, Premier Jiang Yi-huah and Minister of Education Chiang Wei-ling all
sent Hsieh congratulatory telegrams (telegrams?? in 2013??).
It’s not known whether their various Chinese counterparts sent Peng similar
messages, since most Chinese media outlets just went with a series of
pictures of their victory, missing out on an obvious opportunity to say how
wonderful cross-strait ties are.
After the match, things got a little testy. Hsieh answered one question in
the press conference about what the win would mean to Taiwan, but when a
Japanese reporter asked a follow-up question — again directed to Hsieh —
about what it would mean to her country, Peng interrupted and blocked the
question, saying that she couldn’t accept the statement that Taiwan is a
country.
Hsieh, meanwhile, later claimed on Facebook that she wasn’t getting
involved, writing “I’m not playing political games with you. Sports are
sports.” But she did thank the president (and she wasn’t referring to Xi
Jinping) for supporting her.
Taiwanese companies might want to start supporting her too. The Taipei Times
, admittedly not known for its love of all things Beijing, reports that
Hsieh’s father claimed a Chinese company had offered a 10 million yuan ($1.
6 million)
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annual sponsorship deal to his daughter to have her play in China’s
National Games, for which, of course, she would need Chinese citizenship.
Taiwanese golfer Yani Tseng has faced similar offers in the past, though the
24-year-old has earned close to $10 million so far on the LPGA Tour, more
than enough to be able to ignore the mighty yuan.
U.S., Internet providers target Chinese cyberspies
The U.S. government gave American Internet providers addresses linked to
suspected Chinese hackers earlier this year as part of a previously
undisclosed effort aimed at blocking cyberspying.
Hsieh, however, has earned about a fifth of that over a far longer career,
and struggles financially because she funds her younger siblings to be able
to play in pro tournaments. Hsieh currently has two endorsement deals, worth
a total of just $50,000 a year.
Peng and Hsieh are good friends who first paired up at the junior level and
have won several pro tournaments together, but there’s no suggestion Peng
is campaigning for Hsieh to convert.
In April 2011, Wu Chia-ching, the 2005 world pool champion, made the switch
from Taiwan to China and at some point, you would imagine another Taiwanese
athlete will take the money, though it would be surprising if Hsieh is the
next.
Equally, Chinese companies aren’t going to offer the big bucks unless that
athlete is truly world class (Hsieh has been ranked in the top 25 for
singles and the top 10 for doubles). | s******s
发帖数: 1793 | 2 http://www.marketwatch.com/story/wimbledon-win-sparks-taiwan-ch
Gerhard Lueschen
13 minutes ago
You know, his is just tennis. If it were soccer there would be a war!
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Terje Haakonsen
23 minutes ago
Silly. Two athletes that want to win that can communicate together in a
common language. This is one of the things that make sport great. China
has inferiority complex. They should worry about bigger problems like
unmitigated filth and environmental destruction.
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Steve Wang
34 minutes ago
Any links to video footage of this? Find it a surprising that an
inflammatory article like this gets put on the front page of Marketwatch
without any video footage available.
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mra lyu
46 minutes ago
These are athletes not diplomats, how can they answer question tactfully?
They did not anticipate the trouble-making Japanese reporter hidden agenda..
. They certainly did not behave like most politicians did - lied in the
surface and stabbed you behind. Perhaps the world welcome hypocrites...
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IAN CHANG
1 hour ago
You showed your poor manner to accuse of all Chinese lack of manners.
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Vuil Uil
59 minutes ago
@IAN CHANG Well Ian perhaps there are Chinese with good manners and your are
right that they should not generalize. Only problem is I haven't come
across any. (Even your little post is....well..... rather unmannerly.)
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waiming wu
1 hour ago
of course instead of salutes to the champions losers always come up with
the negatives.
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Trader Mike
2 hours ago
Let's make everything political. It's just a game for cryin out loud.
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Jess daltor
3 hours ago
Peng should've just shut up and let Hsieh finished answering the question...
she definitely ranks last in manners !! typical chinese
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Mark Dreyer
3 hours ago
Gina, here's the link: http://www.wtatennis.com/players/player/9419/title/su-wei-hsieh Click on Rankings and scroll down.
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Gina Pogol
8 hours ago
When was Hsieh EVER ranked in the top 25 in singles? Peng, sure. But not
Hsieh. Recheck, please.
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Adam Rosebrock
7 hours ago
Hsieh was ranked No. 23 (February 25, 2013). That was her highest. | K*****2
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发帖数: 1793 | 4 我就是觉得老美无聊,看到对中国不好的急急忙忙放到头条,有点心理变态.
【在 K*****2 的大作中提到】
: 挑这种事毫无意义，你看哪有人关注这个的
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发帖数: 33885 | 5 Hsieh是个很有头脑的人啊。
inthe press conference about what the win would mean to Taiwan, but when a
Japanese reporter asked a follow-up question — again directed to Hsieh —
about what it would mean to her country, Peng interrupted and blocked the
question, saying that she couldn’t accept the statement that Taiwan is a
country.
【在 s******s 的大作中提到】
: 我就是觉得老美无聊,看到对中国不好的急急忙忙放到头条,有点心理变态.
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