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Sunday, April 24, 2005; Page A14 JAKARTA, Indonesia, April 23 -- Chinese President Hu Jintao urged Japan to translate its remorse over wartime atrocities into "actual action" during a much-anticipated meeting here Saturday that both sides said they hoped would ease dangerously heightened tensions between the two countries.
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Koizumi, Hu Meet to Address Tensions No Pact Is Reached, But Talks Are Seen As a Positive Step By Ellen Nakashima.
The tensions had been building for months, but only in recent weeks did anti-Japanese protests involving thousands of young demonstrators erupt in a dozen Chinese cities.

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"For me, a fourth election victory is critical to everything I want to achieve in politics, that if we do not achieve that, it will not just be a defeat for the Labour party, it will be a defeat for me personally," said the prime minister, who led Labour to a third straight election victory in May.
"This is a very tough and critical moment for the Labour party, I do not doubt that at all," Blair was quoted as telling The Guardian newspaper, a couple of days after the government narrowly avoided defeat in a vote on planned new terror laws.

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LONDON, England (AP) - British Prime Minister Tony Blair acknowledged in an interview published yesterday that his governing Labour Party was facing tensions over some of his policies.

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(ie 20-25-30) how is it differnt at each levels? and for those of you who've actually gone from 20s to as high as the mid 30s(for the same racket) is there a difference in power and control? (ie.
In other words I think that better control should be achieved with lower string tension (but I am not sure if my reasoning is correct).
This difference between badminton tennis factors also arise because of relative differences between tensions involved as well the racket mass (& stiffness) compared to the projectile (shuttle or ball) mass.
In general I have found that players that use finger control of the shuttle tends to prefer higher tension, while players that use more wrist than fingers prefer a lower tension.
A stiffer frame For a rather technical explanation check out the following on tennis string tensions and racket stiffness.
High tensions (23 lbs +++) is quite useless for players just starting out unless you really want oinjure yourself.
do you hit off center a lot? are you hitting the sweet spot? do you hit higher up in the string bed (where the racket velocity is greater for a full swing)? Note that lower tensions tend to give you a larger sweet spot.
Anything between 20-29lb doesn't make a lot of difference apart from sending vibrations up your arm :( *Apparently* above 30lb higher tensions yield greater power again, yet to confirm this.
When using a racquet of low tension i cannot control my shot as well it seems to all over.
In tennis, the pro's arms and swing speed is fast enough to generate powerful shots therefore they string their racquets at higher tension to obtain the control they need.
ie More Tension = more power, less control Less tension = less power, more control Stiff racket = power flexible racket = control.
Half the people say that stringing a racket at a higher tension (20lbs or more) will yield more power, while lighter tension (15lbs-18lbs) will give more control.

Higher tension = more control = not for beginners Lower tension = more power = for those starting out.
Compared to my old Ti-10 which was strung at 22lbs(which has dropped to about 19-20 now) I find that BOTH the power and control have improved!!! I was wondering if the professionals/semi-professionals/people who play at high tensions can help me out on this one :) ps.
My question is: I've heard a lot about high tensions, and how the control and power varies everytime one jumps ~5lbs.
Whether you generate more power with looser tensions or higher tensions has a lot to do with the nature of your strokes.
Is this true ? I've read other postings and some people seem to think it's the other way around higher tension for control and lighter tension for power ? If you have some insight or the right answer I await your response.
Badminton Central Discussion Forums - String tensions for optimal power
Several years back there was a university study that compared string tensions with speed of the smash in badminton.
A sidenote from the analysis though, was that string tension had everything to do with control depending on the stroke method.
The preference between players who took the test for higher tension was that they have more control since the string had more response to their stroke.
at which level does it give u the best feel for power/control) because from wut I've read on the forum my impressions are: it's that the higher the tension the better the control but the more lack of power and more vibrations? I recently got a new Ti-10 Strung at 25 lbs.
I believe that racket manufacturers should state optimum string types and tensions for given racket frame to achieve: a) maximum power b) maximum durability c) maximum control separately for feather and plastic shuttlecocks By the way - the control item is for me a small mistery.
For players that hit the shuttle cleanly (& w/o extra spin) or contact the shuttle at the optimum location on the string bed, they can generate a very crisp shots with higher string tensions.