The Badminton Asia Championships (the new name used for the first time in 2007 edition, formerly known as Asian Badminton Championships) is a tournament organized by the Badminton Asia Confederation to crown the best badminton players in Asia.

The tournament started in 1962 and is held annually since 1991. The event had been played rotated between team and individual competitions before the team event nulled since 1994.

However the 2003 event lifted some controversy when China decided to pull out from the tournament at the last minute. Headcoach Li Yongbo said the tournament did not award any ranking points for 2004 Summer Olympics event and wanted to give the players more time to rest. Some of the top players also willing to pull out from the tournament since the competitiveness of the event low.

Location of the Asia Championships

The table below gives an overview of all host cities and countries of the Asia Championships. {| | 1962 Asian Badminton Championships1965 Asian Badminton Championships1969 Asian Badminton Championships1971 Asian Badminton Championships1976 Asian Badminton Championships1983 Asian Badminton Championships1985 Asian Badminton Championships1987 Asian Badminton Championships1988 Asian Badminton Championships1989 Asian Badminton Championships1991 Asian Badminton Championships1992 Asian Badminton Championships1993 Asian Badminton Championships1994 Asian Badminton Championships1995 Asian Badminton Championships1996 Asian Badminton Championships

!Year	!No.	!Host City	!Country
1962	I ||	Kuala Lumpur
1965	II ||	Lucknow
1969	III ||	Manila
1971	IV ||	Jakarta
1976	V ||	Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh>Hyderabad
1983	VI ||	Kolkata>Calcutta
1985	VII ||	Kuala Lumpur
1987	VIII ||	Semarang
1988	IX ||	Bandar Lampung
1989	X ||	Shanghai
1991	XI ||	Kuala Lumpur
1992	XII ||	Kuala Lumpur
1993	XIII ||	Hong Kong
1994	XIV ||	Shanghai
1995	XV ||	Beijing
1996	XVI ||	Surabaya

|valign=top| 1997 Asian Badminton Championships1998 Asian Badminton Championships1999 Asian Badminton Championships2000 Asian Badminton Championships2001 Asian Badminton Championships2002 Asian Badminton Championships2003 Asian Badminton Championships2004 Asian Badminton Championships2005 Asian Badminton Championships2006 Asian Badminton Championships2007 Badminton Asia Championships2008 Badminton Asia Championships2009 Badminton Asia Championships2010 Badminton Asia Championships2011 Badminton Asia Championships

!Year	!No.	!Host City	!Country
1997	XVII ||	Kuala Lumpur
1998	XVIII ||	Bangkok
1999	XIX ||	Kuala Lumpur
2000	XX ||	Jakarta
2001	XXI ||	Manila
2002	XXII ||	Bangkok
2003	XXIII ||	Jakarta
2004	XXIV ||	Kuala Lumpur
2005	XXV ||	Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh>Hyderabad
2006	XXVI ||	Johor Bahru
2007	XXVII ||	Johor Bahru
2008	XXVIII ||	Johor Bahru
2009	XXIX ||	Suwon
2010	XXX ||	New Delhi
2011	XXXI ||	Sichuan

|}

Past winners

Individual competition

{| class=wikitable style="font-size:90%" !Year !Men's singles !Women's singles !Men's doubles !Women's doubles !Mixed doubles |- |2011 | Lin Dan | Wang Yihan | Cai Yun Fu Haifeng | Wang Xiaoli Yu Yang | Zhang Nan Zhao Yunlei |- |2010 | Lin Dan | Li Xuerui | Cho Gun-woo Yoo Yeon-seong | Pan Pan Tian Qing | Chan Peng Soon Goh Liu Ying |- |2009 | Bao Chunlai | Zhu Lin | Markis Kido Hendra Setiawan | Ma Jin Wang Xiaoli | Lee Yong-dae Lee Hyo-jung |- |2008 | Park Sung-hwan | Jiang Yanjiao | Jung Jae-sung Lee Yong-dae | Yang Wei Zhang Jiewen | Flandy Limpele Vita Marissa

|- |2007 | Taufik Hidayat | Jiang Yanjiao | Choong Tan Fook Lee Wan Wah | Yang Wei Zhao Tingting | He Hanbin Yu Yang

|- |2006 | Lee Chong Wei | Wang Chen | Choong Tan Fook Lee Wan Wah | Yu Yang Du Jing | Nova Widianto Lilyana Natsir

|- |2005 | Sony Dwi Kuncoro | Wang Chen | Markis Kido Hendra Setiawan | Lee Hyo-jung Lee Kyung-won | Sudket Prapakamol Saralee Thungthongkam

|- |2004 | Taufik Hidayat | Jun Jae-youn | Sigit Budiarto Trikus Haryanto | Lee Hyo-jung Lee Kyung-won | Kim Dong-moon Ra Kyung-min

|- |2003 | Sony Dwi Kuncoro | Wang Chen | Lee Dong-soo Yoo Yong-sung | Ra Kyung-min Lee Kyung-won | Nova Widianto Vita Marissa

|- |2002 | Sony Dwi Kuncoro | Zhou Mi | Ha Tae-kwon Kim Dong-moon | Zhang Jiewen Yang Wei | Zhang Jun Gao Ling

|- |2001 | Xia Xuanze | Zhang Ning | Bambang Suprianto Trikus Haryanto | Gao Ling Huang Sui | Kim Dong-moon Ra Kyung-min

|- |2000 | Taufik Hidayat | Xie Xingfang | Rexy Mainaky Tony Gunawan | Lee Hyo-jung Yim Kyung-jin | Bambang Suprianto Minarti Timur

|- |1999 | Chen Hong | Ye Zhaoying | Ha Tae-kwon Kim Dong-moon | Ge Fei Gu Jun | Kim Dong-moon Ra Kyung-min

|- |1998 | Chen Gang | Ye Zhaoying | Kang Kyung-jin Ha Tae-kwon | Ge Fei Gu Jun | Kim Dong-moon Ra Kyung-min

|- |1997 | Sun Jun | Yao Yan | Denny Kantono Antonius Ariantho | Liu Zhong Huang Nanyan | Zhang Jun Liu Lu

|- |1996 | Jeffer Rosobin | Gong Zhichao | Ade Sutrisna Candra Wijaya | Eliza Nathanael Finarsih | Trikus Heryanto Lili Tampi

|- |1995 | Park Sung-woo | Ye Zhaoying | Cheah Soon Kit Yap Kim Hock | Ge Fei Gu Jun | Liu Yong Ge Fei

|- |1994 | Foo Kok Keong | Ye Zhaoying | Chen Kang Chen Hongyong | Ge Fei Gu Jun | Chen Xingdong Sun Man

|- |1992 | Rashid Sidek | Ye Zhaoying | Razif Sidek Jalani Sidek | Wu Yuhong Pan Li | Joko Mardianto Sri Untari

|- |1991 | Rashid Sidek | Yuliani Santoso | Park Joo-bong Kim Moon-soo | Hwang Hye-young Chung So-young | Park Joo-bong Chung Myung-hee |}

Team competition

{| class=wikitable style="font-size:90%; text-align:center" !Year !Men !Women

|- |1993 | China | |}

References

External links

Historical Results of Asia Championships

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Lin Dan (; born October 14, 1983 in Longyan, Fujian) is a professional badminton player from China. By the age of 27, Lin completed the "Super Grand Slam", having won all major titles in world badminton: Olympic Games, World Championships, World Cup, Thomas Cup, Sudirman Cup, All England Open, Asian Games, and Asia Championships, becoming the first and only player to achieve this feat.

He has been nicknamed "Super Dan" by his fans.

Personal life

In his early years, Lin was encouraged to learn to play the piano by his parents, but chose to play badminton at the age of five. He joined the sports troop of the People's Liberation Army at the age of 13 and has been part of China's national badminton team since 2001 when he was 18.

On April 10, 2008, he created controversy when he struck coach Ji Xinpeng in front of his teammates and reporters during the warm-up tournament ahead of Thomas Cup. The incident was reportedly triggered by Lin being unhappy with Ji's starting lineup for the tournament.

Lin has been in a romantic relationship with Xie Xingfang, herself a former world champion badminton player, since 2003. They were quietly married on December 13, 2010 in Haizhu, Guangzhou. Xie initially denied but later admitted the news when reporters got the evidence. Lin reacted angrily towards the news and insisted that it was a personal matter between him and Xie.

Career

Junior events

Lin emerged as a winner in the 2000 Asian Junior Championships in both the team and boys' singles events. He was also a member of the winning Chinese team and a boys' singles semi-finalist in the 2000 World Junior Championships.

2001–2003

2001 marked the start of Lin's professional career. In his first final, at the Asian Badminton Championships, he was thrashed by compatriot Xia Xuanze.

In 2002 Lin took his first title at the Korea Open. He was a member of China's 2002 Thomas Cup squad which defeated Sweden (5–0), Denmark (3–2), and Korea (4–1) to reach the semifinals. However, Lin didn't play in the semifinal tie against Malaysia, which saw China's team tumble to a 1–3 defeat. Lin participated in another four tournaments without coming close to victory. He was knocked out in the first round of the Singapore, and Indonesia Opens, second round of the Denmark Open, and third round of the China Open. In October Lin was defeated in the semifinals of the Asian Games team competition which directly blew China's hope of a gold medal.

Lin started the 2003 season with a third round defeat in the All England Open. He reached a final later in the year at the Japan Open but was beaten by his compatriot Xia Xuanze once again. Lin then made his inaugural debut in the World Championships in Birmingham, England. He breezed past Per-Henrik Croona and Przemysław Wacha in the first two rounds, but was beaten by Xia again in his third round match. After the world meet, he was eliminated in the semifinals of the Singapore Open, third round of the Indonesia Open, and second round of the Malaysia Open. However, Lin ended the season strongly by capturing the Denmark, Hong Kong, and China Opens, and finishing runner-up at the German Open.

2004

Lin had a good start to 2004, earning the BWF's number one world ranking for the first time in February. He helped China win the qualifying round of Thomas Cup and then captured the Swiss Open. He won his first ever All England Open title by beating Peter Gade in the final. He reached the semifinal of the Japan Open before going off to Jakarta, Indonesia in May for the Thomas Cup campaign.

In Thomas Cup, Lin helped China to an excellent start in which they thrashed United States and defending champion Indonesia 5–0 respectively to enter the quarterfinals. Lin then cruised past Shoji Sato and Lee Hyun-il in quarterfinal and semifinal ties against Japan and Korea respectively, each ending in 3–0 wins for China. In the final, he beat Peter Gade in straight games to give China the lead before the Chinese team eventually won three matches to one. China thus took the crown, ending a 14 years drought in the tournament.

Lin suffered setbacks later in the 2004 season when he was ousted in the quarterfinals of the Malaysia Open, and was reported to have a leg injury in mid-July, prior to the Olympic Games. Lin "crashed" in his first Olympic Games when, as the first seed, he was ousted early by Singapore's Ronald Susilo, who claimed Lin was "too eager to win". However, Lin bounced back with three titles at the Denmark, German, and China Opens, and ended the season as a semi-finalist at the Indonesia Open.

2005

Lin retained his number one world ranking during 2005, winning his second German and Hong Kong Open titles, as well as the Japan Open, China Masters, and World Cup tournaments. He also helped China recapture the Sudirman Cup when it shut-out both defending champion South Korea in the semifinals and Indonesia in the final.

Lin failed to retain his All England title, losing a three set final to teammate Chen Hong, and he was beaten in the final of the Malaysia Open by another rising star, Lee Chong Wei. In his bid to capture his first world title at Anaheim California, he beat Kennevic Asuncion, Shoji Sato, Lee Hyun-il, and Peter Gade in succession to reach the final. There he was decisively beaten by Taufik Hidayat. Lin was also eliminated in the semifinals of the Singapore Open and the quarterfinals of the China Open.

2006

Lin started the season by reaching the semifinals of the German Open, and had a same result in China Masters and China Open. He failed to win the Malaysia Open in June, which saw his opponent Lee Chong Wei had a superb display to save the title after a 13–20 down in rubber game, and also lost to Taufik Hidayat in Asian Games final.

However, he won six individual titles in the season. He recapturing All England Open, won Chinese Taipei Open, Macau Open, Hong Kong Open, Japan Open, and his first world title after beating his compatriot Bao Chunlai in the final.

In May, Lin and his teammates had extended China's Thomas Cup reign, shut out Denmark 3–0 for second consecutive title.

2007

Lin Dan entered 2007 with a loss to South Korea's Park Sung-hwan in the round of 16 at the Malaysia Open. A week later he captured the Korea Open by defeating Chinese teammate Chen Jin in the final. He went on to win the German Open and then the All England championships again, crushing compatriot Chen Yu 21–13, 21–12. In June, Lin Dan was part of Team China in the Sudirman Cup, held in Glasgow, Scotland. The Chinese team retained the cup after beating Indonesia 3–0 in the final. Later in the season Lin Dan defeated Wong Choong Hann of Malaysia and became the China Masters champion for 2007. In August, Lin Dan extended his reign as the world champion when he beat Indonesia's Sony Dwi Kuncoro 21–11, 22–20 in the final of the tournament held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Lin Dan thus became the first man since Yang Yang to win back to back world championships.

2008

Lin started the season with a defeat in the final of the Korea Open to Lee Hyun-il. It was a match filled with controversy as Lin had a scuffle with South Korea's coach Li Mao after a line call dispute. Lin refused to apologise and received no punishment from Badminton World Federation (BWF) after its probe of the altercation. In March he suffered another defeat to his compatriot Chen Jin in the final of the All England Open, which was followed by press accusations that Lin "gave" the match to Chen in order to increase Chen's ranking points for Olympic qualification. In the following week, Lin won his first Swiss Open. At the Asia Championships, Lin was again accused of helping his compatriot when his loss to Chen Jin in the semifinals ensured Chen's qualification for the Olympic Games.

In Thomas Cup, Lin won every match he played except his semifinal clash with Lee Chong Wei, and helped China to a third successive title in the tournament. After easy victories over Nigeria and Canada in the group stage, China defeated Thailand in the quarterfinals. Despite Lin's loss to Lee Chong Wei in the semifinals, China still managed to qualify for the final over Malaysia 3–2 and retained the title after beating South Korea 3–1.

Lin won the Thailand Open, his last tournament before the 2008 Olympic Games.

In Olympic Games, he beat Hong Kong's Ng Wei in the first round, Park Sung-hwan in the second round, and Peter Gade in the quarterfinals. He then beat his teammate Chen Jin in straight sets to set up a "dream" final against Lee Chong Wei. However, the final was a one-sided match as Lin demolished Lee 21–12, 21–8, and became the first men's singles player to win the Olympic gold as a first seed.

Not back in action until the China Open in November, Lin again beat Lee in the final, before losing to Chen Jin once again in the Hong Kong Open. Lin was eligible to participate in the Masters Finals, but due to the withdrawal of China, he didn't take part in the tournament.

2009

In March, Lin won his fourth All England title by defeating Lee Chong Wei, in only his first appearance since November 2008, but lost to the same opponent in the final of Swiss Open a week later.

He then participated in the Sudirman Cup in which he helped China to a 5–0 victory against England and another clean swept against Japan and Indonesia. In the semifinals, it was another showdown between Lin and Lee Chong Wei in a tie against Malaysia, and Lin went on to win in straight games to set up a clash against Korea in the final. In the final, Lin had no trouble beating Park Sung-hwan, helping China to secure the Cup for the third time in a row without conceding a match to any opponent in the tournament.

In June, Lin failed to win the Indonesia Open after being knocked out in the quarter-finals. It was the second tournament he failed to win, aside from an upset by South Korean's Choi Ho-jin in December during the East Asian Games final.

Lin then went on to sweep all titles in tournaments he participated in between August and November. He became the first player to win the World Championships three times in Hyderabad, India, beating Chen Jin in the final. Later Dan would go on to win his fourth China Masters title and first French Open title. He closed the season with the China Open title before heading to Hong Kong for the East Asian Games.

2010

Lin started the season with failure to defend the All England Open title by losing in the quarterfinals, and had another quarterfinals exit in the Swiss Open. He only won his first seasonal title in the Badminton Asia Championships, which also marked his first title in the championships.

Lin had his fifth appearance in Thomas Cup. After an easy win against Peru, he won the double encounter against Korea's Park Sung-hwan in the second group tie and the quarterfinals respectively. In the semifinals, he defeated Lee Chong Wei in straight games to help China reach the final, before outclassing Indonesia for a fourth consecutive title.

After the Thomas Cup triumph, Lin played in the World Championships in Paris, France. He won his opening match and then beat Henri Hurskainen and Bao Chunlai in the second and third rounds respectively before being upset by Park Sung-hwan in the quarterfinals. The day also saw his arch rival Lee Chong Wei exit from the tournament. Lin then bounced back to win the China Masters, but continued his lowlight in the season after being beaten in the final of the Japan Open, and conceding walkovers in the quarterfinals of the China Open, and Hong Kong Open respectively.

However, Lin managed to win his first ever Asian Games gold medal in November, thus becoming the first player to win all of the present major titles available to Asians in badminton, both individual and national team.

2011

Lin began the year with a withdrawal in the Malaysia Open's quarterfinals, which marked his third withdrawal in a row since late 2010. This action caused criticism mostly by Taufik Hidayat, who wanted the Badminton World Federation (BWF) to investigate. His mother denied that he retired on purpose, and cited he had a waist injury. However, he sprang back to win the first ever million dollar badminton tournament, Korea Open, a week later. He then won the German Open, beating his compatriot Chen Jin in the final.

However, Lin's hope to become the first player to win five All England titles in the open era was dashed when he was defeated by Lee Chong Wei in the final. He then won his second Asian Championships in April on a day which saw China sweep all five titles. Lin helped China to a fourth consecutive Sudirman Cup title in May, defeating Denmark 3–0 in the final. In June, Lin withdrew from the Singapore Open final due to gastric flu, this drew the jeers from fans in the stadium. Just few days later, he was stunned by Sho Sasaki in the second round of Indonesia Open.

He won his fourth World Championships title in August in Wembley Arena, a venue which will host the same competition for 2012 Summer Olympics.

Awards

Lin was voted Most Valuable Player (MVP) during the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, China. On January 16, 2011, he was voted as the 2010 best male athlete in CCTV Sports Personality of the Year for his clean sweep in major badminton titles.

Individual finals

Titles (44)

{| class=wikitable !Year !Tournament !Opponent in final !Score |- |2002 |Korea Open (1) | Shon Seung-mo |1–7, 7–3, 7–3, 7–5 |- |2003 |Denmark Open (1) | Chen Yu |15–4, 15–6 |- |2003 |Hong Kong Open (1) | Boonsak Ponsana |15–4, 9–15, 15–8 |- |2003 |China Open (1) | Wong Choong Hann |17–16, 15–12 |- |2004 |Swiss Open (1) | Bao Chunlai |15–12, 15–6 |- |2004 |All England Open (1) | Peter Gade |9–15, 15–5, 15–8 |- |2004 |Denmark Open (2) | Xia Xuanze |15–12, 15–11 |- |2004 |German Open (1) | Xia Xuanze |17–16, 15–9 |- |2004 |China Open (2) | Bao Chunlai |15–11, 15–10 |- |2005 |German Open (2) | Muhammad Hafiz Hashim |15–8, 15–8 |- |2005 |Japan Open (1) | Chen Hong |15–4, 2–0 (retired) |- |2005 |China Masters (1) | Bao Chunlai |15–6, 15–13 |- |2005 |Hong Kong Open (2) | Bao Chunlai |15–10, 15–4 |- |2005 |World Cup (1) | Boonsak Ponsana |21–13, 21–11 |- |2006 |All England Open (2) | Lee Hyun-il |15–7, 15–7 |- |2006 |Chinese Taipei Open | Lee Chong Wei |21–18, 12–21, 21–11 |- |2006 |Macau Open | Lee Chong Wei |21–18, 18–21, 21–18 |- |2006 |Hong Kong Open (3) | Lee Chong Wei |21–19, 8–21, 21–16 |- |2006 |World Championships (1) | Bao Chunlai |18–21, 21–17, 21–12 |- |2006 |Japan Open (2) | Taufik Hidayat |16–21, 21–16, 21–3 |- |2006 |World Cup (2) | Chen Yu |21–19, 19–21, 21–17 |- |2007 |Korea Open (2) | Chen Jin |21–14, 21–19 |- |2007 |German Open (3) | Chen Yu |walkover |- |2007 |All England Open (3) | Chen Yu |21–13, 21–12 |- |2007 |China Masters (2) | Wong Choong Hann |21–19, 21–9 |- |2007 |World Championships (2) | Sony Dwi Kuncoro |21–11, 22–20 |- |2007 |Denmark Open (3) | Bao Chunlai |21–15, 21–12 |- |2007 |Hong Kong Open (4) | Lee Chong Wei |9–21, 21–15, 21–15 |- |2008 |Swiss Open (2) | Lee Chong Wei |21–13, 21–18 |- |2008 |Thailand Open | Boonsak Ponsana |17–21, 21–15, 21–13 |- |2008 |Olympic Games | Lee Chong Wei |21–12, 21–8 |- |2008 |China Open (3) | Lee Chong Wei |21–18, 21–9 |- |2009 |All England Open (4) | Lee Chong Wei |21–19, 21–12 |- |2009 |World Championships (3) | Chen Jin |21–18, 21–16 |- |2009 |China Masters (3) | Boonsak Ponsana |21–17, 21–17 |- |2009 |French Open | Taufik Hidayat |21–6, 21–15 |- |2009 |China Open (4) | Jan Ø. Jørgensen |21–12, 21–12 |- |2010 |Badminton Asia Championships (1) | Wang Zhengming |21–17, 21–15 |- |2010 |China Masters (4) | Chen Long |21–15, 13–21, 21–14 |- |2010 |Asian Games | Lee Chong Wei |21–13, 15–21, 21–10 |- |2011 |Korea Open (3) | Lee Chong Wei |21–19, 14–21, 21–16 |- |2011 |German Open (4) | Chen Jin |21–19, 21–11 |- |2011 |Badminton Asia Championships (2) | Bao Chunlai |21–19, 21–13 |- |2011 |World Championships (4) | Lee Chong Wei |20–22, 21–14, 23–21 |}

Runners-up (16)

{| class=wikitable !Year !Tournament !Opponent in final !Score |- |2001 |Asian Badminton Championships | Xia Xuanze |10–15, 9–15 |- |2001 |Denmark Open | Bao Chunlai |5–7, 1–7, 0–7 |- |2003 |Japan Open (1) | Xia Xuanze |12–15, 10–15 |- |2003 |German Open | Lee Hyun-il |4–15, 4–15 |- |2005 |All England Open (1) | Chen Hong |15–8, 5–15, 2–15 |- |2005 |Malaysia Open (1) | Lee Chong Wei |15–17, 15–9, 9–15 |- |2005 |World Championships | Taufik Hidayat |3–15, 7–15 |- |2006 |Malaysia Open (2) | Lee Chong Wei |18–21, 21–18, 21–23 |- |2006 |Asian Games | Taufik Hidayat |15–21, 20–22 |- |2008 |Korea Open | Lee Hyun-il |21–4, 21–23, 23–25 |- |2008 |All England Open (2) | Chen Jin |20–22, 23–25 |- |2008 |Hong Kong Open | Chen Jin |9–21, 21–9, 17–21 |- |2009 |Swiss Open | Lee Chong Wei |16–21, 16–21 |- |2009 |East Asian Games | Choi Ho-jin |20–22, 17–21 |- |2010 |Japan Open (2) | Lee Chong Wei |20–22, 21–16, 17–21 |- |2011 |All England Open (3) | Lee Chong Wei |17–21, 17–21 |- |2011 |Singapore Open | Chen Jin |Walkover |}

References

External links

Official blog Official website

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name	Wang Zhengming
birth name	王睁茗
birth date	February 16, 1990
birth place	Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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event	Men's singles
country
handedness	Right
highest ranking	22
date of highest ranking	February, 2011
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Wang Zhengming ( born February 16, 1990 in Guangzhou, Guangdong) is a male badminton player from China.

Career

2010

A World Junior Champion two years earlier, 2010 was Wang Zhengming's breakthrough year on the international badminton scene. His most impressive achievements were finishing runner-up to his idol Lin Dan in the Badminton Asia Championships and reaching the semi-finals of the China Masters Super Series event. By the end of the year, Wang's ranking had risen over 200 places to 43rd.

2011

Wang reached the quarter-finals of the first Premier Super Series event, the Korea Open, registering an impressive 21-11, 21-14 victory over reigning World Champion Chen Jin along the way. Wang also reached the semi-finals of the Singapore Open beating former Olympic and two-time Asian games winner Taufik Hidayat.

Achievements

Rank	Event	Date	Venue
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References

External links

Wang Zhengming Profile

Category:1990 births Category:Living people Category:Chinese badminton players Category:People from Guangzhou

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name	Sho Sasaki
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country
handedness	Left
event	Men's singles
highest ranking	9
date of highest ranking	August 18, 2011
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date of current ranking	August 18, 2011
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Sho Sasaki (born June 30, 1982) is a male badminton player from Japan.

Career

In 2007 he won the Japanese National Championships in men's singles, and 7 international tournaments: the Bahrain Satellite Badminton Tournament, the Banuinvest International Championships, the Osaka International Challenge, the Israel International, the Mauritius International, the Victorian International and the Italian International.

Achievements

International Tournament wins

2011—Australian Open, U.S. Open

2010—Yonex Dutch Open, Osaka International Challenge

2007—Japanese National Championships

References

Category:Living people Category:Japanese badminton players

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Emperor Cheng of Jin (晋成帝/晉成帝, pinyin Jìn Chéngdì, Wade-Giles Chin Ch'eng-ti) (321 – 26 July 342), personal name Sima Yan (司馬衍), courtesy name Shigen (世根), was an emperor of the Eastern Jin Dynasty (265-420). He was the eldest son of Emperor Ming and became the crown prince on April 1, 325. During his reign, the administration was largely dominated by a succession of regents—initially his uncle Yu Liang, then Wang Dao, then the joint administration of He Chong (何充) and another uncle Yu Bing (庾冰). He became emperor at age four, and soon after his accession to the throne, the disastrous rebellion of Su Jun weakened Jin forces for decades.

Family background

Sima Yan was born as the oldest son of Emperor Ming of Jin, who was crown prince at that time, by his wife Crown Princess Yu Wenjun, in 321. After Emperor Ming took the throne in 323 following the death of his father Emperor Yuan, he created Crown Princess Yu empress, but did not immediately create Prince Yan crown prince, until 325.

In fall 325, Emperor Ming grew ill. He entrusted the four-year-old Crown Prince Yan to a group of high-level officials, including Sima Yang (司馬羕) the Prince of Xiyang, Wang Dao, Bian Kun (卞壼), Chi Jian (郗鑒), Lu Ye (陸瞱), Wen Jiao, and Empress Yu's brother Yu Liang, perhaps intending that they lead by group with a balance of power. He died soon thereafter. Crown Prince Yan took the throne as Emperor Cheng.

Reign

Yu Liang's regency

Initially, the officials were in charge together, but as Empress Dowager Yu became regent, Yu Liang became effectively the most powerful official in the administration. He changed from the lenient policies of Wang (who was prime minister during Emperor Ming's reign) to stricter applications of laws and regulations, which offended the officials accustomed to Wang's lenience. Further, he became apprehensive of the generals Tao Kan and Zu Yue (祖約) -- neither of whom was mentioned in the list of honors and promotions announced by Emperor Ming's will and believed that Yu had erased their names from the will—and Su Jun, who had allowed many criminals to join his army. In 326, he alienated public opinion by falsely accusing Sima Yang's brother Sima Zong (司馬宗) the Prince of Nandun of treason and killing him and deposing Sima Yang.

The Su Jun Disturbance

In 327, apprensive of Su, Yu decided to try to strip his military command by promoting him to the minister of agriculture—a position that did not involve commanding troops. After initially hesitating, Su eventually refused and formed an alliance with Zu against Yu. Upon hearing this, Wen, whom Yu had made the governor of Jiang Province (江州, modern Jiangxi) to defend against Tao, the governor of Jing Province (荊州, modern Hubei), wanted to quickly move to help defend the capital Jiankang, as did the local forces to the east of the capital, but Yu declined all help, wanting Wen to remain in position against Tao and believing that he can defeat Su easily. Fearful that Yu would be defeated by Su, Wen headed toward the capital any way, but before that Su was able to capture the capital in early 328 and take Emperor Cheng and Empress Dowager Yu hostage. Bian died in the battle, and Yu Liang was forced to flee to Wen. Su allowed his soldiers to pillage the capital, and officials and commoners alike had their possessions—as well as clothes—stripped by Su's army, which even seized Empress Dowager Yu's servant girls. Empress Dowager Yu, humiliated by Su and fearful of what was to come, soon died in anxiety.

Su organized a new government, with Wang Dao, whom Su respected, as the titular regent, but with Su himself in actual power. Meanwhile, Yu and Wen organized efforts to recapture the capital. Wen's cousin Wen Chong (溫充) suggested inviting Tao, a capable general with a sizable army, to be the supreme commander of the army. However, Tao, still resentful of Yu, initially refused. Eventually he relented and joined Wen and Yu. They advanced east toward Jiankang. In response, Su forcibly took Emperor Cheng to the fortress of Shitou and put him and his attendants under virtual arrest. Meanwhile, Wang was secretly ordering the commanderies to the east to rise against Su, and he eventually persuaded Su's general Lu Yong (路永) to defect with him to Wen and Tao's army as well. Chi also arrived with his forces from Guangling (廣陵, in modern Huai'an, Jiangsu).

The Su and anti-Su forces battled for months, indecisively, and despite the numeric advantage the anti-Su forces had, they were unable to prevail, leading Tao to at one point consider withdrawing. However, Wen was able to persuade him to stay and continuing the battles against Su. In the fall, during an assault on Shitou, the anti-Su forces initially suffered losses, but as Su was making a counterattack against them, he fell off his horse and was hit by spears. The anti-Su soldiers rushed him and decapitated him. Su's forces initially supported his brother Su Yi (蘇逸) as leader and continued to defend Shitou, but by early 329 were defeated.

In the aftermaths of Su Jun's defeat, with Jiankang having been heavily damaged by war, the top officials considered moving the capital to either Yuzhang (豫章, in modern Nanchang, Jiangxi) or Kuaiji (會稽, in modern Shaoxing, Zhejiang), but after Wang opposed, noting that Jiankang was in a better position to monitor the northern defenses against Later Zhao, the capital remained at Jiankang. Wen was requested to remain in Jiankang as regent, but he, believing that Emperor Ming intended Wang to serve that role, yielded the position to Wang. Meanwhile, Yu Liang, initially offering to resign all of his posts and go into exile, accepted a provincial governor post.

In light of his mother's death, the eight-year-old Emperor Cheng appeared to have been raised by his paternal grandmother, Lady Xun, from this point on.

Wang Dao's regency

In late 329, Wen Jiao died, and the general Guo Mo (郭默) soon assassinated his successor Liu Yin (劉胤) and seized Jing Province for himself. Wang Dao initially wanted to avoid another war and placated Guo, but Tao Kan and Yu Liang opposed, and their forces quickly converged on Jiang Province's capital Xunyang (尋陽, in modern Jiujiang, Jiangxi) in 330, killing Guo.

Meanwhile, during and after the Su Jun Disturbance, Jin forces in central China, without the central government's aid, were unable to hold their positions and eventually lost most of central China to Later Zhao. Key cities lost during this time included the old capital Luoyang, Shouchun (壽春, in modern Lu'an, Anhui), and Xiangyang (襄陽, in modern Xiangfan, Hubei), although Xiangyang was recaptured in 332. In 333, Jin also lost Ning Province (寧州, modern Yunnan and Guizhou) to Cheng Han (but regained it in 339).

As regent, Wang largely restored his earlier policy of lenience and lax enforcement of the laws, greatly stabilizing the political scene but also leading to the spreading of corruption and incompetence. Eventually, in 338, Yu Liang tried to persuade Chi Jian to join him in moving to depose Wang, but after Chi refused, Yu did not carry out his plan.

In 336, Emperor Cheng married his wife Empress Du Lingyang. Both of them were 15.

In 337, Murong Huang, the Xianbei chief who had been a Jin vassal with the Jin-bestowed title of Duke of Liaodong, claimed the title of Prince of Yan notwithstanding Jin's failure to grant him that title, effectively declaring independence and establishing Former Yan, although Murong Huang continued to claim to be a Jin vassal.

In 339, Yu wanted to make a major attack against Later Zhao, hoping to recapture central China, and Wang initially agreed with him, but after opposition by Chi and Cai Mo (蔡謨), Emperor Cheng ordered Yu not to carry out the war plans. Wang died in the fall of that year, and was succeeded by his assistant He Chong (何充) and Yu Liang's younger brother Yu Bing (庾冰). Emperor Cheng let He and Yu Bing decide most important matters, but appeared to also began to make some decisions of his own. Yu Bing and He tried to reform some of the problems with Wang's regency, but did not appear very effective at doing so.

Late reign

After Wang Dao's death, Yu Liang resumed his plans for a campaign against Later Zhao, and this brought a major response by Later Zhao's emperor Shi Hu in late 339. Later Zhao forces inflicted great damage on many Jin cities and bases north of the Yangtze and captured Zhucheng (邾城, in modern Huanggang, Hubei). Humiliated, Yu cancelled the plans for a northern campaign, and he died in early 340.

Also in 340, Murong Huang formally requested that he be granted the title Prince of Yan. After lengthy debates among key officials about whether Murong Huang was still a faithful vassal, Emperor Cheng himself ruled that the request be granted.

In spring 341, Empress Du died. Emperor Cheng would not create another empress.

Later that year, Emperor Cheng decreed that the refugees from northern and central China, who had fled south during the times of Emperor Huai and Emperor Min, who had retained household registrations according to their native commanderies, be henceforth registered with the commanderies that they were now living in. This pragmatic move allowed the local commanderies to have greater manpower and reduced redundancy in local administrations.

In summer 342, Emperor Cheng grew gravely ill. He had two young sons -- Sima Pi and Sima Yi, then still in cradles, by his concubine Consort Zhou. Yu Bing, fearful that the Yus would lose power if a young emperor were named, persuaded Emperor Cheng that in the face of the powerful enemy Later Zhao that an older emperor should be named. Emperor Cheng agreed and designated his younger brother, Sima Yue the Prince of Langye be his heir, despite He Chong's opposition. He issued an edict entrusting his sons to Yu Bing, He, Sima Xi (司馬晞) the Prince of Wuling, Sima Yu the Prince of Kuaiji (both paternal uncles), and Zhuge Hui (諸葛恢). He died soon thereafter and was succeeded by Prince Yue (as Emperor Kang).

Era names

''Xianhe'' (咸和 xían hé) 326–335

''Xiankang'' (咸康 xían kāng) 335–342

Personal information

Father

* Emperor Ming of Jin

Mother

* Empress Yu Wenjun

Wife

* Empress Du Lingyang (created 336, d. 341)

Major Concubines

* Consort Zhou (d. 363), mother of Princes Pi and Yi

Children

* Sima Pi (司馬丕), initially the Prince of Langye (created 342), later Emperor Ai of Jin

* Sima Yi (司馬奕), initially the Prince of Donghai (created 342), later the Prince of Langye (created 361), later Emperor Fei of Jin

* Princess Xunyang

* Princess Nanping

References

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Cheng, Emperor of Jin Cheng, Emperor of Jin Cheng, Emperor Category:4th-century Chinese monarchs

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