NCAA Moving into Chinese Market
The National Basketball Association earns about $50 million per year from China. And that point is not lost on University of Memphis men’s basketball coach, John Calipari, who hopes to one day cash in...
View ArticleYao Ming Out of the Olympics?
The most dominant big man in the history of China led the Houston Rockets to 12 wins in a row. He was averaging 22 points and 10.8 rebounds per game. But, Yao Ming’s NBA playoff hopes are over, and his...
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Photos: A Major League Push in China
From Los Angeles Times: China welcomes two MLB teams, the Padres and the Dodgers, to play in exhibition games Saturday and Sunday in Beijing. Major League Baseball hopes to tap the China market by...
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NBA Playoffs Disappear from TV in China
From International Herald Tribune: NBA playoff games have been dropped by CCTV. The network’s sports channel director, Jiang Heping, explains that “Since the May 12 earthquake, we’re careful about the...
View ArticleCounting on a 7-Footer to Reach New Fans
From New York Times: Amid a bustling Chinatown in Flushing, Queens, Ken Niu is among the many only-when-it-is-convenient basketball fans. He catches a game when he can, but is not necessarily...
View ArticleNBA in Joint Venture to Build Arenas in China
The NBA has launched a plan to help build 12 new arenas throughout China. From AP: NBA commissioner David Stern did not say when the plan would be starting, or where the buildings would be located. “We...
View ArticleChina Investors Make Deal For Stake In NBA Cavaliers
From AFP: Cleveland Cavaliers majority owner Dan Gilbert has signed an agreement to sell a minority stake in the National Basketball Association team and its arena to a group of Chinese investors. A...
View Article30 Years Later, Visit to China Still Resonates
The Washington Wizards basketball team is visiting China to commemorate a trip to the country thirty years ago by the same team (then called the Washington Bullets), which marked the first visit to...
View ArticleLeBron James Gets China
Turns out the closely-watched decision by basketball star LeBron James to join the Miami Heat had everything to do with China. The Forbes blog explains: At that moment, though, Stephen Smith...
View ArticleRockets’ Yao Ming to Quit NBA: Reports
NBA star Yao Ming is planning to retire from professional basketball, Reuters reports: Yao had cast doubt on his return to the NBA last month when he admitted to the possibility he may not play again...
View ArticleAs Towering Star Retires, China Is Unprepared to Replace Him
With Yao Ming set to announce his retirement from the NBA tomorrow, China is set to lose its largest (and tallest) international sports star. The New York Times reports: For nearly a decade, China has...
View ArticleYao Who? China’s New NBA Star
The Wall Street Journal calls attention to Jeremy Lin, who has suddenly become China’s newest NBA idol in the absence of the now-retired Yao Ming: Lin, a former Harvard star who went undrafted out of...
View ArticleXi Jinping Preparing for U.S. Visit
Vice President Xi Jinping, who is slated to take over the helm of the Party from Hu Jintao later this year, will visit the U.S. next week. His visit comes as tensions with the U.S. are heightened over...
View ArticleHouston Hoping Linsanity Channels Yao
The Wall Street Journal reports that New York Knicks fans aren’t alone in their disappointment over the news that Jeremy Lin will play for the Houston Rockets next year: As unhappy as some U.S....
View ArticleScholars Fight Back Against Roman Invasion
More than 100 scholars have protested the inclusion of 239 English words and abbreviations including NBA and PM2.5 in the Contemporary Chinese Dictionary. From Global Times: In the letter, experts...
View ArticleNCAA Moving into Chinese Market
The National Basketball Association earns about $50 million per year from China. And that point is not lost on University of Memphis men’s basketball coach, John Calipari, who hopes to one day cash in...
View ArticleYao Ming Out of the Olympics?
The most dominant big man in the history of China led the Houston Rockets to 12 wins in a row. He was averaging 22 points and 10.8 rebounds per game. But, Yao Ming’s NBA playoff hopes are over, and his...
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Photos: A Major League Push in China
From Los Angeles Times: China welcomes two MLB teams, the Padres and the Dodgers, to play in exhibition games Saturday and Sunday in Beijing. Major League Baseball hopes to tap the China market by...
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NBA Playoffs Disappear from TV in China
From International Herald Tribune: NBA playoff games have been dropped by CCTV. The network’s sports channel director, Jiang Heping, explains that “Since the May 12 earthquake, we’re careful about the...
View ArticleCounting on a 7-Footer to Reach New Fans
From New York Times: Amid a bustling Chinatown in Flushing, Queens, Ken Niu is among the many only-when-it-is-convenient basketball fans. He catches a game when he can, but is not necessarily...
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