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[Saba Sports News] On April 7, the Badminton Association of China officially announced the 2025 Sudirman Cup badminton list, and He Jiting, who was previously involved in a betting scandal, did not make the list. On April 8, the Badminton Association of China announced that the He Jiting/Ren Xiangyu duo withdrew from the 2025 Asian Badminton Championships starting this week, with the Malaysian duo Man Wei Chong/Kai Wun Tee as the replacement seeds. As the world’s number 5 duo, He Jiting/Ren Xiangyu were originally the 4th seeds for this year’s Asian Championships. Various signs confirm that He Ji Ting has been internally dealt with by the Badminton Association of China, and his professional career may come to an end. At the same time, the Badminton Association of China has launched a crisis public relations campaign, holding an industry safety production work meeting. At the meeting, Badminton Association of China President Zhang Jun pointed out that betting and match-fixing are cancers in the sports industry, seriously violating sports ethics, undermining industry morale, and greatly harming the healthy development of the sports industry. The Badminton Association of China will severely crack down on and completely eliminate gambling and match-fixing. At the same time, the Badminton Association of China promised to resist the recent “fan circle culture” that has eroded the sports circle and would strengthen the education and management of athletes.