wu chai ching's cue?

He used to play with a 6 pointer ebony sw cue. But the cue was stolen in gongzhou at the guiness event. The taxi driver drove off with his cue in the trunk. Since he has been playing with a fancy sw
 
yea I've actually played with the same cue what Wu had except its the cheap taiwanese replica for about 120 dollars. basically there is a replica for the cues that all the southwests that taiwanese players use
 
He was doing well until he decided to give up his Taiwanese citizenship and went to Singapore. They paid him 2 million NT a year (about 60k US). Then there was some troubles with his Singapore citizenship and Taiwan never allowed him to play under Singapores name in Taiwanese tournaments. After he went to Singapore he also found out that they had a ridiculous income tax. Horrible choice by him, but I can understand why he made the choice. Every pool player is looking for some sense of financial security.

I haven't heard much about Wu chia ching recently. Does anyone have an idea?
 
He will be going back to taiwan and playing pool again. Reputation will need to be salvaged and will need to work very closely with the council and make sure he keeps on their side.

In terms of high income tax Singapore Tax is 18% of annual income, not what i consider high. Living costs are higher than Taiwan though
 
troyroy78 said:
He will be going back to taiwan and playing pool again. Reputation will need to be salvaged and will need to work very closely with the council and make sure he keeps on their side.

In terms of high income tax Singapore Tax is 18% of annual income, not what i consider high. Living costs are higher than Taiwan though
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Now he is in China... Chinese Citizen :D
 
There was a pretty big fuss in Taiwan about his departure. I don't know all sides to the story, but its a shame to see that a world class player like him needs to consider switching citizenship. Remember, there is still a lot of sensitivity in the cross-strait relations.
 
As I recall he went to Singapore to coach and play on the Singapore national team and was to be paid a lot to do it. To play on the Singapore national team you must be a Singapore citizen. To become a Singapore citizen requires several years of residency. As I remember the sports council tried to get "special" handling for Wu to expedite his citizenship, but that was not possible so Wu was stuck.

By that time the Taiwan folks were completely pissed and the Billiard Association there banned him from playing in tournaments in Taiwan..

I was living in China at the time and had a Taiwanese friend who was very well connected to the Taiwan Billiard Association.

Wu's choice of China as a move may have also been influenced by the fact that he had a serious girlfriend in China.

This is all from the fuzzy corners of my memory and some of the details may be off some but it is close.
 
GADawg said:
As I recall he went to Singapore to coach and play on the Singapore national team and was to be paid a lot to do it. To play on the Singapore national team you must be a Singapore citizen. To become a Singapore citizen requires several years of residency. As I remember the sports council tried to get "special" handling for Wu to expedite his citizenship, but that was not possible so Wu was stuck.

By that time the Taiwan folks were completely pissed and the Billiard Association there banned him from playing in tournaments in Taiwan..

I was living in China at the time and had a Taiwanese friend who was very well connected to the Taiwan Billiard Association.

Wu's choice of China as a move may have also been influenced by the fact that he had a serious girlfriend in China.

This is all from the fuzzy corners of my memory and some of the details may be off some but it is close.
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Hey Buddy,
How are you? Are you still in Chiangmai? Call me sometime 0867927800
 
Here is what you do talk him into going to Mexico enter the U.S. from there we will greece some senators palms for citizenship. Then we win the Mosconi Cup. U.S.A. U.S.A. :thumbup:
 
Folks:

The OP asked what cue he was/is using, but somehow we got talking about Wu's citizenship.

I can only surmise I missed the fact that, at least in this thread, the word "cue" actually stands for [c]itizenship [u]nder [e]xamination?

:p
-Sean
 
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