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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 by the [...]

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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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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 
51 golds, [...]

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Horse Lottery, Gambling and Chinese Football

December 5th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Business, Government

Some of our fellow countrymen never hated the word ‘lottery’ that much until BOCOG employed it in their ticket sales early this year. It may be convenient for most visitors outside of China to get their tickets from companies like CoSport or Aristeia, however, things are a lot more complicated when you’re on the [...]

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