An op-ed article looking at the recent news reports that the Chinese government’s “investment arm” is interested in purchasing a Premier League football club. It might be too early to call it “normal,” but since Chinese investors went after the NBA Cleveland Cavaliers basketball squad in 2009, the latest news that a Chinese investment group [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Football'
Communists Go After Liverpool
August 7th, 2010 · 8 Comments · Business, Football, Government, Sports, Sports Media
Tags:BBC·China Investment Corporation·CIC·Franklin Templeton Investments·Guang Yang·Guardian·Kenneth Huang·Liverpool·Lou Jiwei·NBA·Premier League·soccer·Telegraph
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. :-)
A Youth Soccer Tournament Visible from Outer Space Kicks off in July
March 3rd, 2010 · 2 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 [...]
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 [...]
Tags:Chengdu Sheffield·China Football Assocation·China Super League·FA·Global Times·Guangzhou Pharmaceutical·Nan Yong·Qingdao Hailifeng·soccer·Yang Yimin·Zhang Jianqiang
Purge Exposes Rotten Underbelly of Chinese Sport
January 28th, 2010 · No Comments · Football, Government, Sports
The article is published in today’s Global Times. When Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger visited Beijing last summer, there was one question in his mind. At a press conference, he asked the moderator, Huang Jianxiang, a well-known local football commentator, why China, with so many people, lacked a first-rate football team. The question was laughed off [...]
Tags:Arsene Wenger·bribery·CCTV·CFA·coaching·corruption·CSL·gambling·GASC·He Wenna·Huang Jianxiang·Ma Yanping·match-fixing·Nan Yong·National Games·Xiao Tian·Yang Yimin·Zhang Jianqiang·Zhou Jihong
Happy New Year!
January 1st, 2010 · No Comments · Football, Sports Photos
Thanks for staying with us and we wish you have a wonderful holiday! :) Photo: Jing
Tags:Chengdu·Chengdu Blades·CSL
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 [...]
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
The Man Beijing Guoan Should Thank the Most
November 1st, 2009 · 2 Comments · Football
Beijing Guo’an FC (北京国安) ends their 16-year title wait today by winning 4-0 against Hangzhou Greentown (杭州绿城) in Chinese Super League. October 30th is no doubt the biggest day in the capital club’s history, but one man’s name becomes a taboo in their post-match celebration: Lee Jang-Soo (李章洙), the club’s former South Korean head coach. From [...]
Tags:Asian Champions League·Beijing Guo'an FC·Beijing Sports Bureau·Changchun Yatai·Changsha Ginde·Chongqing Lifan·CSL·Hangzhou Greentown·Henan Construction·Huang Bowen·Lee Jang-Soo·Liaoning·Luo Ning·PLA team·Shandong Luneng FC·Shanghai Shenhua FC·Yang Hao·Zhang Xinxin·Zhu Yifan
African Boots of Beijing, a Documentary Film
October 16th, 2009 · No Comments · Football
Danwei posted African Boots of Beijing, a 2006 documentary by Luke Mines and Jeremy Goldkorn about Afrika United FC, an amateur football team in Beijing. Go here to check the film’s official Web site. African Boots of Beijing: Part 1 from Danwei on Vimeo. Part 2 is here on Vimeo. The film is also on YouTube.
Tags:Africa·African Boots of Beijing·Afrika United FC·Beijing·documentary·Jeremy Goldkorn·Luke Mines
Xi Jinping Wants Chinese Football to Go Top (Update 1)
October 16th, 2009 · No Comments · Football, Government
When visiting a German pharmaceutical company yesterday, Mr. Xi Jinping was given a Bayer Leverkusen jersey with his name printed on as a gift. And the outspoken vice president takes on Chinese football this time. “The level of Chinese football is relatively low,” said Mr. Xi. “But after wining so many golds in other sports at [...]
