CDT Bookshelf: Dan Washburn on Golf in China
Dan Washburn worked as a sports writer and columnist at a small newspaper in Georgia prior to his...
by Meredith Godwin | Nov 17, 2014
Dan Washburn worked as a sports writer and columnist at a small newspaper in Georgia prior to his...
by Sophie Beach | Jun 16, 2014
As 32 countries compete in the World Cup games in Brazil, millions of Chinese soccer fans are...
by 不忘初心 | Jul 13, 2013
Brook Larmer at The New York Times looks into the increasing zeal for golf in Mainland China: The People’s Republic might seem an unlikely incubator for golf prodigies. Chairman Mao, after all, banned the game in 1949 as so much...
by Scott Greene | Feb 6, 2012
After taking in the Super Bowl at an Irish pub in Beijing on Monday morning, The New Yorker’s Evan Osnos reflects on the history and future of American football in China: Transplanting football to China has never been as...
by Sophie Beach | Sep 12, 2009
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 China by a professional U.S....
by Sophie Beach | Sep 7, 2009
The Washington Post looks at the future of rugby in China if it is accepted as an Olympic sport: Rugby would immediately attract central government funding and, more importantly, become a sport at China’s quadrennial...
by Sophie Beach | Feb 7, 2009
American football is the latest sport to try to make a foray into the Chinese market. But the Los Angeles Times reports that the NFL is having a hard time spreading the message, as was made evident during viewings of the recent...
by Sophie Beach | Mar 15, 2008
Baseball promoters are the latest sports enthusiasts to try to break into the China market. The New York Times reports on the first Major League Baseball team played in China, between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the San Diego...
by Sophie Beach | Dec 1, 2007
The New York Times reports on efforts to sell the sport of hockey in China: China is widely regarded by North American professional sports leagues as a colossal untapped market of fans. Earlier this month, an estimated 100 million to 200 million fans in China watched an N.B.A. game that included two Chinese stars, with […]