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More correctly "wahng tzahn". the C in Can is pronounced with a sound like a T and Z together. Put the tip of your tongue behind your two front upper teeth to make the sound. Not easy for a westerner to learn.

I worked in China for many years until recently and we sent many Chinese on foreign trips. There were never any "minders"

Did not get to watch. Who won??

Not sure if there is a direct Chinese expression for BRAVO but to say very very good, say "fei chang hou" pronounced "fay chawng how"

Wrong again. Soccer, badminton, volley ball and table tennis are much bigger in China than pool. Maybe basketball too. Pool is really a newcomer in the last 10 years. The Chinese respect for pool and it's sublteties comes from the fact that most of the China players/fans were brought up with...

I just watched through frame 5. The defensive battle in that frame was really interesting to me. Just watched the rest. Shaw really turned on the gas starting frame 6.

Colin - Happy New Year to you too!! Have done some part tine consultig in Chna the past couple years but am retired living the peaceful life in the countryside of Thailand. If you come this way, let me know. Have a small guest room and also a separate building with a 9 ft table in it. Walter

I recall that the playing surface on a 4.5 x 9 pool table is 50" x 100" or 4 inches smaller than the stated size.

Colin - I remember the Souquet/Pan exhibition well. Was upstairs at the Big Bamboo if I recall. I've got the videos of the match somewhere on one of my drives, I think. Walter

Comment above from another China basher who knows nothing about life and the economy there. Don't know about this match but I was told by a very knowledgeable source in Shanghai a couple years ago, that XiaoTing's fee for exhibitions in China was 100k rmb per day plus expenses. About $16,000 US.

I play with a bumberless Starkey conversion and had a brass insert put into to butt end to accept a cue extension like is used on snooker cues when I need it

I built a building for a 9' table last year that is 5m x 6m (16'5" x 19'8"). Have small tables and stools in the corners. Using std cues have never had any interference with the walls.

I thought Jasmin was Austrian. Unsless the continental plates hae shifted a lot, Austria is still in Europe, I think.

I can't find any scores anywhere. The sheet with the groupl listings does not show any updated scores.

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