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Entries from June 28th, 2009

How China’s Transfer Rules Made Footballers Untransferable

June 28th, 2009 · No Comments · Football, Sports Regime

I was overly optimistic towards the future of Chinese football players. Though this year saw a few of them found jobs outside the country, almost all footballers still find their rights trampled by the country’s backward transfer rules. As the transfer window reopened by Chinese FA on June 25, 121 players from 29 football clubs [...]

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Hangzhou Surfing

June 27th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Water Sports

http://vimeo.com/moogaloo

Been planning a trip to Shanghai/Hangzhou next week and stumbled upon this amazing video. It was taken last summer in Qiantang River, Hangzhou, where the world’s largest tidal bore can be found. The Qiantang River (钱塘江) was once called Zhejiang (浙江 or 折江) in ancient Chinese books, a legacy picked up by an emperor of Qing [...]

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Zheng Zhi to Play in The Premiership?

June 13th, 2009 · No Comments · Football

According to Gao Qi, Zheng’s agent, the out-of-contract Chinese midfielder is to move to a Premiership club, with details of a new contract to be worked out by the end of June. “My contract with Charlton has already finished, and I should move to another club next season. Hope that I can get back to [...]

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Haier to Open Store at Nets’ New Arena

June 13th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Basketball, Business

From the New York Time‘s City Room blog: The New Jersey Nets may not have gotten final approval or the financing for their proposed $800 million arena at the Atlantic Yards project near Downtown Brooklyn, but the team has rounded up another lucrative sponsorship deal, with Haier, the giant appliance manufacturer from China. The agreement [...]

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