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 'Guangzhou'
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
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 [...]
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
