Tag Archives: sports

Olympic tickets and basketball

Roundup of week’s sporting news.

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Olympic venues open, tickets scalpers arrested

A roundup of the week’s sporting news.

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Upcoming China-related books

Upcoming China-related books; no Olympic scalping; torch relays in North Korea and southeast Asia; Carrefour mob attacks American volunteer teacher.

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The Torchbearer — An Interview by Sang Ye

An interview by Sang Ye with one of the Olympic torch bearers—an impoverished teacher and foster father from Anshan in China’s northeast.

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CCTV celebrities live it up

The Beijing News today.

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Cub Scout splittists

Why were Cub Scouts prevented from taking to the field after a baseball game last weekend?

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Politics, Beijing and the Olympic Games

Daniel Beekman of The Seattle Times has posted an interview with Dr Brownell on his blog.

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Major League Baseball in China

A short film about Major League Baseball in China

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Should He Zhili be forgiven for playing for Japan?

He Zhili (何智丽), aka Koyama Chire (小山智丽), is the subject of a nationalist editorial by Hu Ziwei (胡紫微).

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