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 [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Xiao Tian'
Purge Exposes Rotten Underbelly of Chinese Sport
January 28th, 2010 · No Comments · Football, Government, Sports
Tags:Arsene Wenger·bribery·CCTV·CFA·coaching·corruption·CSL·gambling·GASC·He Wenna·Huang Jianxiang·Ma Yanping·match-fixing·Nan Yong·National Games·Xiao Tian·Yang Yimin·Zhang Jianqiang·Zhou Jihong
Match-fixing Impossible and Groundless
October 17th, 2009 · No Comments · Government, Sports Regime
So we were told, from Reuters: Deputy sports minister Xiao Tian (肖天) lost his temper on Thursday when denying the accusation and addressing the fact that a pair of divers with obviously smaller splash did not win. “You can’t say it had been fxxking fixed, it’s fxxking fake, just because you lost,” Xiao told a news [...]
Tags:GASC·Li Hua·match-fixing·National Aquatics Sport Administration Center·National Games·scandal·Xiao Tian
