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On 23 Dec 2023, Partisan <elonx@protonmail.com> posted some news:um7fqg$271iv$2@dont-email.me:

Just like Democrats. Can't trust Chinks - ever.

The world of Chinese chess is in uproar over rumours of cheating and a bad behaviour scandal that saw the national champion stripped of his title on Monday after a victory celebration ended with him defecating in a hotel bathtub.

Xiangqi, or Chinese chess, has been hugely popular for hundreds of years
across Asia – and 48-year-old Yan Chenglong beat dozens of contenders last
week to win the title of “Xiangqi King” at a national tournament hosted by
the Chinese Xiangqi Association.

But his joy was short-lived, with the CXA on Monday announcing that Yan
would have his title revoked and prize money confiscated after had been
caught “disrupting public order” and displaying “extremely bad character”.

The association was also forced to address rumours circulating online that
Yan had cheated during the competition by using anal beads equipped with wireless transmitters to send and receive signals.

Yan allegedly clenched and unclenched rhythmically to communicate
information about the chess board via code to a computer, which then sent
back instructions on what moves to make in the form of vibrations,
according to reports circulating on the Chinese social site Weibo.

“Based on our understanding of the situation, it is currently impossible
to prove that Yan engaged in cheating via ‘anal beads’ as speculated on
social media,” the CXA said.

But he was still stripped of his title and banned from playing for a year
after his celebrations went wayward.

“Yan consumed alcohol with others in his room on the night of the 17th,
and then he defecated in the bathtub of the room he was staying in on the
18th, in an act that damaged hotel property, violated public order and
good morals, had a negative impact on the competition and the event of
Xiangqi, and was of extremely bad character,” the association said.

The association did not disclose the amount of prize money Yan was
forfeiting, but Xiangqi tournaments often promise winners tens of
thousands of yuan (thousands of dollars).

The CXA had published a social media post last week congratulating Yan and other players for their “spectacularly heated high-level gameplay”.

The post included a photo of Yan on stage, flanked by two runners-up,
proudly holding up his prize certificate.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/dec/27/chinese-chess-champion- stripped-of-title-after-defecating-in-hotel-bathtub

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