After being postponed for a year due to the 2022 COVID-19 outbreak and lockdown in nearby Shanghai, the 19th Asian Games are finally taking place in China’s eastern seaboard city of Hangzhou. For the Chinese government, the...
On Monday, several activists wore t-shirts emblazoned with the question “Where Is Peng Shuai?” to a match at Wimbledon in order to raise awareness about the Chinese tennis star. Peng has been absent from international media...
On Monday, French sports daily L’Équipe published an interview with Peng Shuai, her first appearance with an independent or international media organization since she accused former vice-premier Zhang Gaoli of sexual assault in...
On Tuesday, the Chinese men’s national soccer team suffered a heavy 3-1 loss to rivals Vietnam in the third and final round of the Asian qualifiers for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, which effectively knocked China out of the...
Over the weekend, the Australian Open became mired in controversy over its decision to forbid spectators from displaying messages supporting Peng Shuai. Peng, the Chinese tennis star who accused former Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli...
On November 2, Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai accused former Politburo Standing Committee member Zhang Gaoli of sexual assault. Her Weibo essay detailing their relationship was quickly censored, as were any mentions of it. The...
The New York Times has a lengthy profile of tennis star Li Na, including her journey from child...
Chinese tennis star Li Na may have bowed out of Wimbledon on Tuesday, but Clarissa Sebag-Montefiore of the International Herald Tribune points out that Li is one of just a few athletes that have found success outside of...
Chinese tennis superstar Li Na became the first Chinese player, and the first Asian, to win a Grand Slam singles title at the French Open. From the New York Times: After losing in her first Grand Slam final at this year’s...
Time Magazine reports on the preponderance of Chinese women winning gold in the Olympics: China’s women have the legacy of Karl Marx to thank for their performance. Chairman Mao liked to say that “women hold up half...
The Wall Street Journal reports on why China is counting on their women to bring home the medals in the Olympics: In China, it’s the women who have traditionally racked up the medals. At the 2000 Games in Sydney, the...
From the Canadian Press: A generation of talented players such as Sun Wen propelled the “Steel Roses” to the game’s heights in the late 1990s – they finished second to the U.S. at the 1999 World Cup. But the retirement of Sun and a string of coaching changes have sent the team on a slide […]
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