Category Archives: Sports

More World Cup fallout: fixed games and anti-piracy

France fixed its World Cup match with Brazil for 25 million Euros, and the World Cup has depressed the market for pirated movies in Beijing, China.

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Naked football pensioners run amok;
Huang Jianxiang metal mashup

An elderly Chinese man went on a rampage in Nanjing after Brazil’s defeat to France in the World Cup quarter-finals last weekend.

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Huang Jianxiang metal mashup

Crazy CCTV football commentator;
Fictional foreign news?

During last night’s live broadcast of the Italy – Australia football World Cup game, CCTV’s announcer Huang Jianxiang (黄健翔) got rather excited, and took sides with the Italians, saying things like “Don’t give the Australians any chances!” and after Italy … Continue reading →

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Fictional foreign news?

Reporting on the World Cup, this millennium and last

Interesting attitudes from Chinese sports reporters at the World Cup in Germany.

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Xinhua: Are we ready for the Olympic Games?

XInhua counts down 800 days until the Olympics.

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Photos of Liu Xiang and flying cranes

Only 60% of ‘My Heart is Flying: A Liu Xiang Photobook’ (我心飞翔·刘翔写真集) concerns the Olympic hurdles champion. The rest talks about cranes, the emblem of the Baisha tobacco company. Is this symptomatic of problems within the Chinese celebrity endorsement system?

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Real Madrid in Beijing: the swipe after the hype

Today Xinhuanet published an article commenting Real Madrid’s recent tour of China. The article uses harsh words to describe Real Madrid’s performance, especially off the pitch. Right after their first press conference in Beijing, Real Madrid displayed a scornful and … Continue reading →

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Footie stars in Beijing: money for ‘Real’

Chinese football (soccer) is quite uninspiring. The national Super League is marred by a rather low technical level, match fixing, and it is poorly managed by the bureaucrats of the Chinese Football Federation. Chinese fans are dismissive about the depressing … Continue reading →

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Playing with the Devil

During a press conference held in Beijing on Wednesday, it was announced that on July 26, the British footie behemoth Manchester United will face Beijing Xiandai in a friendly match at the Workers Stadium, as part of the Red Devils’ … Continue reading →

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Siemens: Bye Bye Super League!

In an article posted on asianfootball.com last May the website introduced the 2004/05 Chinese domestic football championship like this: “The new Super League, which has Siemens as its title sponsor, has been streamlined and will feature 12 teams this year … Continue reading →

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