Could China have engaged in underhand dealings to secure Beijing as its 2008 Olympics site? According to a memoir by Yuan Weimin, former Olympics coach and former head of the Chinese Olympic Committee, the answer is yes. Not...
The Olympics gymnasts who were accused of falsifying their ages in order to compete have been officially cleared, though questions remain about bronze medalists from the 2000 Games. AP reports: International gymnastics officials...
With a dismal performance and many fouls during the Olympics, the world now knows that China’s men’s soccer team is beyond repair. And another scandal recently surfaced to further reinforce that argument. A...
Li Yanping reports in bloomberg news: Host China will finish as the top gold-medal winner for the first time in Olympic history, becoming the only nation other than the U.S. and Soviet Union to win the most titles at a Summer...
From Al Jazeera English – AJE: If you are Tibetan, the only way you can compete at the Beijing Olympics is by renouncing your Tibetan identity and registering as a Chinese athlete. Many Tibetan athletes in exile have...
Here is a photo from the semifinals of men’s Olympic soccer Tuesday at Shanghai Stadium. A few Nigerians hold a banner in the middle of the sea of Chinese viewers. The banner says: “We are not good in gymnastics. We...
Lang Ping is receiving a lot of criticism from Chinese netizens after the USA women’s volleyball team she coached defeated the Chinese team. There are people calling her a traitor, or accusing her of breaking Chinese...
Blue Sea of Yesterday writes at My1510.cn, translated by Roland Soong at his EastSouthWestNorth blog: 1988 – 1994 – 2008 The clock of history has marched for twenty years. From refusing to accept and even insulting...
Juliet Macur reports in the New York Times: He, who is listed as 16 but whose age has been at issue at these Olympics, won the gold. Liukin, the all-around Olympic champion, won silver, her fourth medal of these Games. China’s...
Nick Mulvenney reports in the Reuters: Liu Xiang’s dream of defending his Olympic title on home soil ended on Monday when he failed to start his first-round heat in the 110 meters hurdles. China’s world champion, the...
Evan Osnos reports in the Chicago Tribune: An inspirational Chinese quote, pasted on the wall of a private gym for China’s women’s gymnastics team, might seem unimaginable to Western athletes: “Pressure from...
From the Globe and Mail: In the glamour division of boxing, where the giants duke it out, the possibility of a Chinese super heavyweight champion is as unexpected as the astonishing rise of basketball superstar Yao Ming a few...
From The Christian Science Monitor: China’s Olympics have been China’s Olympics. We knew the Chinese were coming, but we weren’t expecting them from every direction: weightlifting, shooting, wrestling, gymnastics, diving, even...
The New York Times looks at the surprise gold in women’s swimming won by newcomer Liu Zige: Who was this 19-year-old swimmer who had never competed in an international meet before? How had she shaved more than a second off...
The New York Times looks at Chinese soccer fans eternal frustration with their home team: As usual, jokes about the Chinese team fanned across the Internet: “The Chinese team just won two red medals.” “Our soccer team won the...
While Reuters just reported that “China not rattled by age questions,” here is an archived online news report mentioning the age of He Kexin (何可欣), one of China’s famous six. The news was posted on November 3,...
The International Herald Tribune looks at China’s impressive medals sweep so far in the Olympics (including a surprise win in women’s swimming today): It may not be long before Chinese fans start showing up at...
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