On March 8, 1983, in Orlando, Florida, former United States President Ronald Reagan gave a speech where he was first recorded to have said the phrase “evil empire”. At that time tensions between the US and the Soviet Union were at an all time high and it seemed that the Cold War would continue well [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Sports Regime'
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
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
Match-fixing Impossible and Groundless
October 17th, 2009 · No Comments · Government, Sports Regime
So we were told, from Reuters: Deputy sports minister Xiao Tian (肖天) lost his temper on Thursday when denying the accusation and addressing the fact that a pair of divers with obviously smaller splash did not win. “You can’t say it had been fxxking fixed, it’s fxxking fake, just because you lost,” Xiao told a news [...]
Tags:GASC·Li Hua·match-fixing·National Aquatics Sport Administration Center·National Games·scandal·Xiao Tian
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 [...]
Tags:Beijing Guo'an FC·CFA·CFA Jia League·CSL·Feng Xiaoting·Han Xu·Li Weifeng·Mao Jianqing·Shanghai Shenhua FC·transfer·Workers Stadium·Xiao Zhanbo·Zhou Haibin·Zhu Jun
Aiming Vancouver, China Won Gold in 2009 World Women’s Curling Championship
March 29th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Curling, Sports Regime
China women’s curling team defeated Sweden by 8 : 6 in 2009 World Women’s Curling Championship in South Korea, winning the first-ever gold in the tournament. The team, skipped by 25-year-old Wang Bingyu, continued their 11 game winning streak in the final, knocking off Swedish player Anette Norberg, the Olympic champion in Turin. The women’s [...]
Tags:Anette Norberg·Daniel Rafael·Harbin Institute of Sports·juguo·Universiade·Vancouver 2010·Wang Bingyu·winter sports·World Women’s Curling Championship
Harbin Winter Universiade Cold-shouldered by Chinese
February 19th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Government, Ice Hockey, Sports Regime
Of about 25 friends we talked to yesterday, three Canadians included, only one person actually knew that the Harbin Winter Universiade was coming. “I won’t watch any of the games, as I don’t play those sports,” said Liu Hongchao, a 25-year-old Beijinger who plays football in his free time. “No one here even watches Universiade, [...]
Tags:FISU·Harbin·Paul Strople·Universiade·winter sports·women's ice hockey
Chinese Super League Unbanned by CCTV
February 14th, 2009 · No Comments · Football, Government, Sports Regime, Sportswear
China’s FA told media on Feb. 13 that CCTV, the country’s main TV broadcaster, will continue to air Chinese Super League (CSL) in 2009, after a 3-match ban since the 28 round of the 2008 Season. In an interview with Titan Sports (体坛周报) last November , Jiang Heping, the head of CCTV’s sports channel accused [...]
Tags:Adidas·Beijing Guo'an FC·broadcasting·CCTV·CFA·CSL·GASC·juguo·Mark Milligan·Nike·Shandong Luneng FC·Shanghai Shenhua FC·sponsorship·Titan Sports·Zhou Haibin
Go West! Chinese Footballers Now Can Transfer, Finally
February 12th, 2009 · No Comments · Football, Sports Regime
This Chinese New Year must have been a magical experience for Zhou Haibin (周海滨), a 23-year-old midfielder, who now finds himself joyfully as a PSV Eindhoven player. Before joining the Dutch side as a free transfer, the Chinese footballer has been playing at Shandong Luneng FC for 10 years. While Zhou’s move was cheered by [...]
Tags:CFA·Dalian Shide FC·Feng Xiaoting·Gao Lin·PSV Eindhoven·Shandong Luneng FC·Shanghai Shenhua FC·transfer·Xue Yong·Zhou Haibin
Top 10 Chinese Sports News in 2008
December 31st, 2008 · 6 Comments · Business, Government, Sports Regime
2008 is by all means an extraordinary year for China’s sports. Not merely because this country won so many golds in the Beijing Games, there’re actually so much more interesting things beyond that if we comb back closely, either about its sports administration and regime, or simply the government itself. 1. Juguo Rules the Games [...]
Tags:age scandal·Basketball·CBA·Football·gambling·He Kexin·juguo·Liu Xiang·NFL·Olympics
