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A Youth Soccer Tournament Visible from Outer Space Kicks off in July

March 3rd, 2010 · No Comments · Business, Football, Sports, Sports Media

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 [...]

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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. [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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, [...]

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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.

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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 [...]

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