A Russian billionaire is being challenged by an American politician over previous company investments. Is this cause to also go after a Chinese investment group that is finalizing a deal to purchase the Cleveland Cavaliers? A New Jersey congressman is demanding an official inquiry into Mikhail Prokhorov, the Russian billionaire who is about purchase the [...]
Entries from April 12th, 2010
Foreign Investigations into the NBA
April 12th, 2010 · No Comments · Basketball, Business, Government, Sports, Sports Media
Tags:Albert Hung·Cleveland Cavaliers·David Stern·Kenny Huang·Mikhail Prokhorov·NBA·New Jersey Nets·Robert Mugabe
How Golf Relates to Agricultural Project in China
April 9th, 2010 · No Comments · Business, Golf, Government
A disheartening piece from the Shanghai Daily: TREES that cost millions of yuan to plant to stop soil erosion and water run-off in a north China village have been uprooted for a golf course. The sea buckthorn trees sheltered gales and stabilized the soil in Jiuchenggong Village in Erdos City of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, [...]
Tags:Erdos·Erdos Yitong Yitong Coal Co Ltd·golf development·Inner Mongolia·WTF
Photo: Tibetan Soccer Boys
April 2nd, 2010 · No Comments · Football, Sports, Sports Photos
The Potala Palace was closed for visitors on the Serfs Emancipation Day, but I was lucky enough to have played with them for a while. :-)
