From the Chinese press

Wrong to pay Li Na wages

Li Na, the top Chinese tennis player has reportedly continued to receive wage payments from Hubei Tennis Center even though she left the national team in 2008. The local authority says that Li is still a member of the center, and since her job is representing China and Hubei province when she competes in contests she deserves the wages, such payments should be cancelled, says an article on gmw.cn. Excerpts:

Li Na quit the national team as well as the State-run sports system in 2008 under an experimental reform policy for tennis players. This change was called "Fly Solo" by the Chinese media. As a result of the policy, Li had the freedom to hire her own coaching staff and she became solely responsible for the costs of her training, coaching and tour expenses. Therefore, the payments she has received from the Hubei sports authorities have shocked the public.