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News on Sport in China

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TV show pits Chinese kung-fu against foreign forms of combat
Aug 30, 2013 (WiC 206)

Propagandists seeking to promote the global appeal of traditional Chinese culture were disappointed in May, when the martial art wushu failed to be selected for inclusion in the 2020 Olympics. Eight sports were vying for one slot made ...

Young footballers hone skills at kung-fu academy
Aug 23, 2013 (WiC 205)

Audacious efforts have been made over the years to turn China into a world football power. One such attempt: the China Jianlibao Youth Football Team was formed two decades ago this month. The plan was to develop an expensive training programme ...

Back to the drawing board

Spanish coach gets axed as boss of national soccer team
Jul 12, 2013 (WiC 201)

Anyone who doesn’t reform must step down. That was Deng Xiaoping’s rallying cry during his famous ‘Southern Tour’ in 1992 – a symbolic journey aimed at rescuing his economic reform programme from a conservative backlash. The Chinese ...

Chinese national soccer side is humiliated by Thais
Jun 21, 2013 (WiC 198)

After securing a €100 billion ($133 billion) emergency loan for his country’s troubled banks – disbursed by EU partners – Spain’s prime minister flew straight to Poland. Why? Mariano Rajoy wanted to watch his country’s national ...

Guangzhou goes grass roots

Evergrande tycoon invests in soccer school
Jun 7, 2013 (WiC 196)

Football pundits often fail to agree but last month they were unanimous on at least one point: the Germans now dominate European football. This conclusion was drawn after two German teams – Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund – reached the ...

Basketball owner prevented from selling team
May 24, 2013 (WiC 194)

Long before the Los Angeles Lakers became one of sport’s most popular franchises, the basketball team played in Minneapolis rather than California. In fact, they are called the “Lakers” in reference to Minnesota’s reputation as ‘The ...

Chinese fans react to Sir Alex’s retirement
May 17, 2013 (WiC 193)

When Manchester United’s official Twitter feed revealed that Sir Alex Ferguson was retiring, the #thankyousiralex” hashtag quickly went viral. According to CNET, 1.4 million people had tweeted it on within an hour and it became Twitter’s ...

Fighting talk from Japan

Abe’s latest pronouncements won’t improve Sino ties
May 3, 2013 (WiC 191)

In November 1994 Japan’s diplomats described their country’s sneak attack on Pearl Harbor as “deeply regrettable”. More bizarrely the foreign ministry said that its apology was directed not at the US, but to “the people of ...

Not masters yet

Golfer Guan impresses, while boxer Zou waits for his shot
Apr 19, 2013 (WiC 189)

Guan Tianlang’s debut at the Masters last week was calmness personified, behaviour that some sections of the international press might do well to learn from. The youngest ever competitor at last week’s Masters tournament, as well as the ...

Must try harder

Why the Chinese want to master ‘English olive ball’
Mar 22, 2013 (WiC 186)

Twickenham, the Stade de France, Murrayfield and in the future perhaps Zengcheng too? According to the People’s Daily, officials in this satellite city of Guangzhou have ambitions to establish Zengcheng as a “city of rugby” and to this ...

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