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Liu Xiang’s 100 million RMB insurance policy

August 21, 08 //
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According to an article on netease, Chinese insurance company Ping An of China offered Olympic hurdler Liu Xiang a 100 million RMB insurance policy on accidental injury to his body; now Chinese netizens are talking and voting on whether or not Liu Xiang ought to get his 100 million RMB check or not. The company states that injuries of this sort are not covered because they only cover accidental injuries, and one could argue that Liu’s current injuries are the result of shit luck and/or over-training. However, most netizens (58%) believe that Ping An ought to pay up. The article points out another interesting fact: Ping An has worked Liu and other athletes in a variety of ways before, and most of the athletes have some kind of insurance with them, but for most of them it’s only worth one million RMB whereas Liu Xiang got the VIP one-year, 100 million package, which is good until October 31, 2008. The article then mentions that insuring body parts (eg Beckham’s legs, J-Lo’s booty) is a more common practice in the west, but not many people do that in China. However, in the spirit of promoting Chinese athletics, Ping An hopes to develop this kind of service.

Liu Xiang’s policy is an accident-type policy and doesn’t cover his Achilles tendon or any other body part in particular. For his part, Liu has decided to not pursue the money.

Shanghai doctor: Liu Xiang achilles tendon injury serious

August 20, 08 //
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http://2008.163.com/08/0819/11/4JN3134200742R2U.html

奥运首席医疗官:刘翔伤愈需1年 复发率几乎100%_网易奥运 via kwout

Chen Shiyi, Head of Huashan hospital division of sports medicine, says that Liu Xiang’s injury has been on-going and is quite serious. The interview with the coaches right after Liu Xiang dropped out hinted at what was wrong with him, how his bone structure etc. led to these particularly thorny achilles tendon issues. Chen says that an injury like Liu Xiang’s will take a whole year to heal and is almost guaranteed to happen again—that is, there is no proven way of making sure it doesn’t come back. In other words, Liu Xiang is going to going to be plagued with this kind of injury throughout the rest of his athletic career.

Beijing Olympics spoof movie posters

August 18, 08 //
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Netease has a bunch of spoof movie posters featuring Chinese Olympic athletes. You can vote for the ones that you like. Here are some of the ones that I liked or thought were nominally interesting, featuring Yao Ming, Liu Xiang and the usual suspects:

A poem about Liu Xiang

August 9, 08 //
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http://article.hongxiu.com/a/2007-8-31/2310678.shtml

刘翔 – 诗歌 – 红袖添香 via kwout

The irony is that i was looking for poems by the poet Liu Xiang, whose name is written with the same characters as that of the famous athlete. Clicking on a link I found this poem written on the occasion of Liu Xiang’s victory at the 2007 World Championships. I personally don’t think much of the poem, because i don’t believe that people ought to write poems, even privately, about athletes winning races. I know that there is great significance for Chinese people, for them he’s a hero—as you can see from the last line of the poem. I find the whole concept somewhat revolting, to be honest, symptoms of the cultural inferiority complex+mass mind+patriotism which is perhaps the part of China that, intellectually speaking, I hate the most.