Legal Daily (法制日报), a Beijing-based newspaper, published a piece this week looking at the ticket price of China’s National Sports Stadium or the “bird’s nest.” Below are some excerpts: “We’re very disappointed the National Sports Stadium doesn’t sell half-price tickets to our seniors,” said grey-haired Wang Huifu, 70. Some senior high and colleague students are, [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Olympics'
Public or Private? National Sports Stadium Accused of Charging High Ticket Price
November 12th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Business, Government
Tags:Bird's Nest·CITIC·Government·National Stadium·Olympics·stadium·ticket·welfare
National Fitness Day For Who?
November 8th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Government, Sports Regime
OK, we’ll try to put this as simple as we can. From Xinhua: China has proposed a regulation that could see all public sports facilities open for free every August 8, with the date marking the opening of the 2008 Beijing Olympics possibly being designated as a national fitness day. Under the regulation, all levels [...]
Will Zou Shiming Be Set Free to Go Into Pro Boxing?
November 6th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Boxing, Sports Regime
Today we noticed an interesting piece from Reuters via Universal Sports about Zou Shiming, China’s first-ever Olympic boxing champion. From the article it seems the 27-year-old boxer is pretty determined to turn pro next year. “I want a professional golden belt for my country. I think I am capable,” said the boxer, “The professional contests are easier and more attractive to watch.”
Tags:AIBA·Boxing·Don King·juguo·Olympics·pro league·WLB·Zou Shiming
China to Restart Its Badminton League in 2009
October 31st, 2008 · 3 Comments · Badminton, Business, Table Tennis
Early this August, China’s badminton team won three golds, two silvers and three bronzes in the Beijing Olympics, ranking the 4th medal-winning sport for the country (the top three are gymnastics, weightlifting and diving). The General Administration of Sport of China (GASC) is recently considering bringing back its long gone badminton league, a decision aiming at raising incomes of badminton players and coaches in local teams, and keeping Chinese players the cream of the crop…
