Posted on 07/14/2024 6:03:01 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Shuttlecocks are getting costlier because declining pork prices drive up consumer demand. This then makes fewer farmers keen to raise ducks and geese which in turn makes their feathers - used in shuttlecocks - more expensive.
Mr Chow Zhengyang is not having a smashing good time on the badminton court.
“I can’t afford to play anymore,” said the frustrated 28-year-old Malaysian who has been studying in Beijing for 15 years, and plays badminton at least twice a week for leisure and to socialise.
Shuttlecocks are the reason. Prices have shot up, forcing him to spend an additional 180 yuan (US$24) a month on them, compared to his usual 280 yuan expenditure before the pandemic. “I have been using RSL No 5 shuttlecock. It was 70 yuan before the pandemic, increased to 80, then 90, and now it’s 115 yuan,” complained the fresh graduate.
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guess i’m just a peon that only used a plastic one...
Better switch from goose to pigeon. Don’t use homing pigeon feathers because the shuttlecock will just return when you serve it.
AI is somehow responsible.
Birdie flu?
There’s always tennis, racquetball or squash.
The hoi-polloi are wretched, Luvey.
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