2008 November

Entries from November 26th, 2008

CBA Players And Myth About The Ages Of Chinese Women Gymnasts

November 26th, 2008 · 4 Comments · Basketball, Football, Gymnastics, Sportsmanship

We stumbled upon a fascinating post today on Asia Basket. Arthur Volbert, a US-based basketball writer who’s been closely following Chinese basketball, found that ages of 22 CBA players have been changed at the start of season 2008/2009. Below are some excerpts: For Jiangsu, Tang Zhengdong went from being born in 1984 to 1982, confirming [...]

Report Lost In Translation, Shanghai GP Likely to Stay

November 25th, 2008 · No Comments · Business, Racing

CSR told you earlier that China may drop its Grand Prix race in Shanghai after 2010 when the contract with F1 runs out . It seems this may not happen as Leon Sun, general manager of Juss Event Management (上海久事国际赛事管理有限公司), said the previous report was lost in translation. Qiu Weichang (邱伟昌), deputy director of the [...]

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Tags:Formula 1·Juss Events·Shanghai

China May Juguo Its Professional Football League, Well, Not That Professional

November 21st, 2008 · 4 Comments · Football, Sports Regime

Beijing Youth Daily (北京青年报) yesterday published an impressive article about the future of China’s professional football league. The General Administration of Sport of China (GASC) and the Chinese Football Association (CFA) are currently considering taking back the ownership of football clubs from companies to local sports bureaus, a move clearly trying to put Chinese football [...]

Liu Xiang, Doping and Sports Journalism Ethics

November 20th, 2008 · No Comments · Athletics

Titan Sports (体坛周报), China’s largest sports publication, on Nov. 18th ran a piece about foreign journalists offering bribe to get doping stories from Liu Xiang’s coach. Below are some excerpts: Eight doping cases came to light in the Beijing Olympics. Jacques Rogge, president of the International Olympic Committee, predicted 7 more could be found after [...]

China May Drop F1 Race in Shanghai As Its Economy Slows

November 15th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Business, Racing

Chinese Grand Prix, hosted at the $450m Shanghai International Circuit since 2004, may see its end in 2010 when the contract with F1 expires. “We’re doing the assessment. By next year we should be able to give you an answer,” Qiu Weichang, deputy director of the Shanghai Administration of Sports, told AFP on Thursday when [...]

Chinese Women’s Ice Hockey Team Walking On Thin Ice

November 14th, 2008 · 5 Comments · Ice Hockey, Sports Regime

Chinese Women’s Hockey Team continued their winning streak by beating Japanese Team 2-0 in Shanghai, securing themselves a shot of playing in the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics after three straight wins over Norway, Czech Republic and Japan. Ranked 8th in the world, the team consists of 19 players all coming from Harbin, the capital of China’s [...]

Public or Private? National Sports Stadium Accused of Charging High Ticket Price

November 12th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Business, Government

Legal Daily (法制日报), a Beijing-based newspaper, published a piece this week looking at the ticket price of China’s National Sports Stadium or the “bird’s nest.” Below are some excerpts: “We’re very disappointed the National Sports Stadium doesn’t sell half-price tickets to our seniors,” said grey-haired Wang Huifu, 70. Some senior high and colleague students are, [...]

National Fitness Day For Who?

November 8th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Government, Sports Regime

OK, we’ll try to put this as simple as we can. From Xinhua: China has proposed a regulation that could see all public sports facilities open for free every August 8, with the date marking the opening of the 2008 Beijing Olympics possibly being designated as a national fitness day. Under the regulation, all levels [...]

SMP Skate Park Festival in Shanghai

November 7th, 2008 · No Comments · Extreme Sports

So adventure sports fanatics in Shanghai will have their festival tomorrow at the SMP Skate Park. (h/t Shanghaiist) Saturday – Nov. 8th SMP Skate/Music Festival – SCMP Skate Park – 10am-Late (free) Location: 2100 Songhu Road, Yangpu Distrct (Jiangwan Stadium) 淞沪路2100号，江湾体育场 SMP launched its 138,000 sq ft SMP Skatepark in October 2005, making it the [...]

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Will Zou Shiming Be Set Free to Go Into Pro Boxing?

November 6th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Boxing, Sports Regime

Today we noticed an interesting piece from Reuters via Universal Sports about Zou Shiming, China’s first-ever Olympic boxing champion. From the article it seems the 27-year-old boxer is pretty determined to turn pro next year. “I want a professional golden belt for my country. I think I am capable,” said the boxer, “The professional contests are easier and more attractive to watch.”