Our friends at China Sports Tour are working on a great project. Before reaching out to the outer space, they’re bringing teams from around the planet to compete in a youth football tournament. Please see below their media release.
The first international youth soccer tournament in Beijing reveals details today.
The tournament, named The Great Wall [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Business'
A Youth Soccer Tournament Visible from Outer Space Kicks off in July
March 3rd, 2010 · No Comments · Business, Football, Sports, Sports Media
Tags:Beijing Football Association·Beijing Municipal Sports Administration·China Sports Tour·Olympic Sports Center·Shine Liu·The Great Wall Cup of Beijing
Football Reporters Should also be Investigated
February 28th, 2010 · No Comments · Business, Football, Government, Sports, Sports Media
An article asking the question: Why have China’s football beat reporters been left out of the league-wide investigations?
The China Football Association handed out another round of rulings this week, demoting Guangzhou Pharmaceutical and Chengdu Sheffield United from the China Super League after evidence showed the teams had bribed opponents during the 2006 and 2007 seasons. [...]
Tags:Chengdu Sheffield·China Football Assocation·China Super League·FA·Global Times·Guangzhou Pharmaceutical·Nan Yong·Qingdao Hailifeng·soccer·Yang Yimin·Zhang Jianqiang
Golf in Hainan Island
January 6th, 2010 · No Comments · Business, Golf, Government
Where’s the largest collection of golf facility in the world? Right, Shenzhen. But soon that will be Hainan, China’s southernmost province:
The scope of the multi-billion-dollar project is staggering. It occupies 80sq km of forest and shrubland – an area the size of Hong Kong island – in north-east Hainan, the island province long touted as China’s [...]
Tags:gambling·Guangdong Province·Hainan·horse betting·lottery·Mission Hill Hainan
Li Ning to Open First Store in the US
December 26th, 2009 · No Comments · Business, Sportswear
Chinese sportswear maker Li Ning is to open its first store in the US on January 4 next year, according to Li Ning Sports USA, its US subsidiary’s recent Facebook page update:
It’s official…….Come visit the first Li-Ning retail store in Portland on 1/4! We will be open Monday-Saturday from 10am-6pm. E-commerce is coming soon at www.li-ningusa.com
Li Ning opened [...]
Tags:Badminton·Hong Kong·Li Ning·Nike·Portland·Singapore·Sportswear·Tsim Sha Tsui
Communist Quietly Comes to Cleveland
December 24th, 2009 · No Comments · Basketball, Business, Government, Sports, Sports Media
A look at the recent discussions concerning Hong Kong businessman Albert Hung, who is now purchasing a stake in the NBA’s Cleveland Cavaliers.
I dug through the news reports from Ohio to China, trudging through the same list of accolades and accomplishments of Albert Hung, one of the wealthiest businessmen in Hong Kong, who is finalizing [...]
Tags:Albert Hung·CBA·Cleveland Cavaliers·CPPCC·Hong Kong·Hong Kong Selection Committee·Kenny Huang·NBA·Ohio·Plain Dealer·St. Louis Rams·Tsingtao
How Much Does the Guangzhou Asian Games Cost?
December 17th, 2009 · 3 Comments · Business, Government, Sports
Our translation of a story on yesterday’s Guangzhou Daily about the expenditure on the Guangzhou Games:
“It’s unacceptable to just spend money on the Asian Games without telling the Guangzhou People’s Congress Standing Committee (GPCSC) how much the expenditure!”
Today, during GPCSC group discussion about Guangzhou municipal government’s Report on the Organizing Work of the 2010 Guangzhou [...]
Tags:2010 Guangzhou Asian Games·Guangzhou·Guangzhou Asian Para Games·public spending·transparency
If You Build it, They Won’t Come
December 8th, 2009 · No Comments · Basketball, Business, Football, Government, Racing, Sports, Sports Media, Track and Field
An op-ed on how despite the rise in sporting venues throughout China, the country’s sports stadiums remain empty once the lights fade and the games conclude.
There is no question that large, global sporting events can help change the image of a city. Governments use the spectacles as a means to redevelop or invest further in [...]
Tags:2008 Olympic Games·2010 Guangzhou Asian Games·Beijing·Beijing Organizing Committee·China Basketball Association·East Asian Games·Harbin·Jiangsu·MLB·National Games·NBA·NFL·Premier League·Robot Games
Yao Not Owner of Shanghai Sharks
November 5th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Basketball, Business, Sports
According to the Shanghai Daily, NBA basketball star Yao Ming is not the owner of the Shanghai Sharks, the Chinese star’s former team, and he has not been guaranteed ownership of the team.
The newspaper reported that while Yao’s management group, Team Yao, has been signed on as an “entrusted investor” for the next five years, [...]
Economist on Business of Sport in China
October 10th, 2009 · No Comments · Business
The Economist Intelligence Unit has done a comprehensive report about the business of sport in China, looking especially at the markets of basketball, football, golf and tennis in the country. In case you’re interested, both Zach and I were quoted for the story.
To download the entire article via PDF, click on the link above.
Tags:China Sports Review·Economist·Economist Intelligence Unit
EPL’s back for free in China (Update3)
August 13th, 2009 · No Comments · Business, Football, Sports Media
So the boycott worked.
A few days to the kick-off of this season’s English Premier League, we’ve got some good news for football fans in China. Looks like WinTV, the Guangdong-based pay-sports channel, is looking to sell broadcasting rights to as many local TV stations as possible, as keeping it will neither do no good to themselves [...]
Tags:broadcasting·China Youth Media·English Premier League·media rights·Sina·SMG·Tencent·WinTV
