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Josh Waitzkin, a former chess prodigy who is now a Tai Chi master, writes about less-than-ideal circumstances while training for a world championship competition in Taiwan in his book, The Art of Learning.
He describes the lengths to which Taiwanese leaders went to protect their culture by giving homegrown competitors an advantage.
By altering the playing conditions—for example, the size of the mat on which the sport is played—while keeping local competitors in the dark, they would cheat.
They would efficiently use the language barrier to save crucial information, like the timing of the fight. The locals were the only ones who knew when they would battle.
Even if it meant awarding local players more points, the referees would do so.
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