At least two football tournaments were cancelled in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region following last month’s knife attacks and explosions in China’s far west. The two tournaments, which are scheduled to take place in August and October in Urumqi and Artux, were called off by the local party committees due to security concerns. The tournament in [...]
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International Football Tournaments Cancelled in Xinjiang for Security Reasons
August 24th, 2011 · No Comments · Football, Government
Tags:Artux·football ban·security·stability·Urumqi·Uyghur·Xinjiang
Wang Meng’s Expulsion Puts the Short Track Speed Skating Team in a Spotlight They Would Prefer not be In
August 7th, 2011 · No Comments · Government, Ice Skating
At the 2010 Olympic Games in Vancouver, Canada, short track speed skater Wang Meng became the talk of the sports world after claiming her third gold medal in the women’s 1,000 meter event. Like fellow gold medalists Yang Yang, who was the first Chinese athlete to win a gold medal at the 2002 winter games [...]
Tags:CCTV·General Administration of Sport·Li Yan·Lijiang·Qingdao·Speed Skating·Wang Chunlu·Wang Meng·Winter Olympics·Winter Sports Administrative Center·Yang Yang
Xi Jinping’s Three Wishes About Chinese Football
July 7th, 2011 · 2 Comments · Football, Government
China’s heir apparent brought up football again this week during his meeting with Sohn Hak-kyu, South Korea’s main opposition Democratic Party leader. From Xinkuaibao via Xinhua: After the meeting, Sohn Hak-kyu gave a football autographed by Park Ji-Sung to Vice President Xi as a present. As a football fan, Xi expressed that China’s World Cup [...]
Action Sports And Sport Participation in China
June 20th, 2011 · No Comments · Business, Extreme Sports, Government, Sports Regime, Sportswear
Thoughtful China has a very interesting video discussion lately on action sports and sports participation in China that really worth checking out. In the video, Harvey Davis, vice president at ESPN’s Events Management Group, reckons that “these [action] sports are now recognized in China as real sports, with real committees and real organizations reporting up [...]
Tags:action sports·Chen Jie·ESPN·extreme sports·Harvey Davis·KIA X Games Asia·PT Black·Shanghai·Shen Jian·SMP·sports participation·Thoughtful China
Security Top Concern for Shenzhen Summer Universiade
June 18th, 2011 · No Comments · Government, Sports
According to Southern Metropolis Daily, residents near the main stadium of Shenzhen Universiade were asked to leave their homes during five hours of the opening ceremony on August 12 and were given three options: a) Participate in government organized activities, e.g. , group watching event of the opening ceremony live broadcast. b) Do govt-arranged trips c) [...]
Troubled Waters Bar Filipino Athletes from Training in China
June 17th, 2011 · No Comments · Government, Sports
From Inquirer: MANILA—The territorial dispute in the Kalayaan Islands between the country and China has also affected the sports relationship between the two nations. Philippine Sports Commission chair Ritchie Garcia yesterday said the volatile situation has stalled the signing of the memorandum of understanding between the government sports agency and the Chinese embassy. Under the [...]
At 2011 X Games Asia, China’s Best Talents Were Missing (pt2/2)
May 13th, 2011 · No Comments · Extreme Sports, Government, Sports Regime
This is the 2nd part of the post on 2011 Kia X Games Asia. Read the 1st part here. “It is what it is. I’m going back to play for a while, just to take it in.” Shen Jian squeezed a smile at me and then walked back onto the stage. Only less than 10 [...]
Tags:Chinese Extreme Sports Association·ESPN·Harvey Davis·KIA X Games Asia·Shen Jian·Wei Xing
At 2011 X Games Asia, China’s Best Talents Were Missing (pt1/2)
May 11th, 2011 · No Comments · Extreme Sports, Government
A bit longer than I thought, hence I’m posting it in two parts. Read the 2nd part here. At the beginning of April, a month ahead of ESPN’s 2011 X Games Asia in Shanghai, Shen Jian (申剑), arguebly China’s best BMX rider, was worried about his eligibility for the Games. Born in 1988 along the [...]
Tags:BMX·Chinese Extreme Sports Association·ESPN·KIA X Games Asia·Li Haoran·Shen Jian·Wen Qiang
Lu You v. Huang Jianxiang: A Libel Case
December 24th, 2010 · No Comments · Football, Government, Sports Media
It’s my third time meeting Lu You this Monday at the gate of Beijing Second Intermediate People’s Court. The result of her second trial against Huang Jianxiang, her former colleague at CCTV, a football commentator, was to be announced that day. As the last two meetings with her, she seemed upbeat and spirited, like on [...]
Tags:CCTV·defamation·Fu Minrong·Huang Jianxiang·law·libel·Lu You·Pu Zhiqiang·QQ·Ratomir Dujković·rule of law·Sina·sports journalists·Tencent
What’s the Deal with These Stadiums?
October 28th, 2010 · No Comments · Government
Two years after renovaton, Beijing Mentougou Sports Center is now being demolished. The Mentougou district goverment plans to replace it with a bigger, fancier stadium. First built in 1985, Mentougou Sports Center covers an area of 90,000 sqm and has a capacity of 4,000. According to Jinghua Times, a Beijing paper, the office building, track, [...]
Tags:Beijing·Mentougou Sports Center·Pinggu Sports Center·stadium
