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 'Premier League'
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
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
Becoming China’s First NFL Kicker
August 4th, 2009 · 11 Comments · American Football, Sports
“I’d seen football in college, but I thought it was stupid,” says Wang. “Football is about tackling; soccer is about using your skills with your feet. I liked kicking better. And as an outsider, football seemed violent.”
Tags:All-TransSouth Conference·Bulldogs·China·Cumberland University·Daktronics-NAIA Scholar Athletes·Football·Kentucky·Lindsey Wilson University·NAIA·National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics·NFL·People's Republic of China·Premier League·soccer·Tennessee·Tianjin
