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 [...]
Entries Tagged as '2010 Guangzhou Asian Games'
How Much Does the Guangzhou Asian Games Cost?
December 17th, 2009 · 3 Comments · Business, Government, Sports
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 [...]
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
One Year to the Asian Games, Guangzhou Still Not Getting There
December 2nd, 2009 · 4 Comments · Government, Sports
I was back from a reporting trip in Guangzhou, not for the Asian Games if you’re wondering. But four days of staying there made me think that the city is far from ready to host the Games. Here’s a piece that I wrote for the Global Times about its unreadiness and, in case you don’t [...]
China to Host Pentathlon World Championships in 2010
May 19th, 2009 · 4 Comments · Pentathlon
Chengdu, the capital of China’s Sichuan Province, is to host the Modern Pentathlon World Championships next summer from Aug.10 to 16. The construction of the 370,000-square-meter China Pentathlon Competition Center kicked off yesterday in Shuangliu County in the city, where the combination of pistol shooting, running, swimming, horse jumping and fencing will be played. “It’s [...]
Tags:2009 Modern Pentathlon World Championships·2010 Guangzhou Asian Games·Chengdu·China Pentathlon Association·Jiang Guofeng·Qian Zhenhua·Shuangliu
China Sports Review Weekly Roundup
April 20th, 2009 · No Comments · Basketball, Sports, Volleyball
Most team members of Chongqing Daping Middle School football team, which won the 21th World Schools Championship in Turkey, have been found out to be pro footballers. Gao Hongbo was named as new coach of China Men’s Soccer Team, the youngest man to take the helm in 30 years. Bernie Ecclestone backs the future of Shanghai [...]
Tags:2010 Guangzhou Asian Games·CBA·Chongqing Daping Middle School·Ding Hui·Li Na·Shanghai GP·Yi Jianlian
Cheerleader China
March 19th, 2009 · 3 Comments · Sports, Sportsmanship
But this is about a team that is in the midst of redesigning its identity and turning the best dance team in the country into its most professional. This is about a group of women that show an unconditional love for dance when they step out on the floor, giving nothing less than everything in the name of teamwork. This is about working the hardest, training the most and truly understanding what dedication means. It is not about Cho, but about the women she is training and the future she wants for them.
Tags:2010 Guangzhou Asian Games·cheerleading·China Basketball Association·Soojin Cho·Soojin Dance Team
Lacking Sponsors, Guangzhou Asks Beijing for Help on the 2010 Asian Games
March 13th, 2009 · No Comments · Business, Government
“No one can avoid the influence of this economic crisis, and we are no exception,” Zhang Guangning, the mayor of Guangzhou in China’s Guangdong province told media recently. ”We have some difficulties in developing stadiums and finding sponsors,” said the mayor. The 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games (2010广州年亚运会) will need 50 stadiums, 20 training facilities and 10 back-up stadiums, of [...]
Tags:2010 Guangzhou Asian Games·economy·GAGOC·Guangzhou·Para-Asian Games
