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 [...]
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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
Football Reporters Should also be Investigated
February 28th, 2010 · No Comments · Business, Football, Government, Sports, Sports Media
An article asking the question: Why have China’s football beat reporters been left out of the league-wide investigations? The China Football Association handed out another round of rulings this week, demoting Guangzhou Pharmaceutical and Chengdu Sheffield United from the China Super League after evidence showed the teams had bribed opponents during the 2006 and 2007 [...]
Tags:Chengdu Sheffield·China Football Assocation·China Super League·FA·Global Times·Guangzhou Pharmaceutical·Nan Yong·Qingdao Hailifeng·soccer·Yang Yimin·Zhang Jianqiang
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
