From my colleague Lin Yang on Friday’s baseball game between China and Taiwan, which is playing under the name Chinese Taipei:
Friday was a day of wonder. It had been a while since i last saw a sky so blue, and the Chinese men’s baseball team, in its Olympic debut, beat Chinese Taipei in 12 innings.
Unlike Taiwan, Japan and Korea,
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Without a doubt this is a new must-see on a tour of the capital. It’s a rooftop bar at the boutique Emperor Hotel that opened a few months ago just outside the east gate of the Forbidden City, a stone’s throw from the moat. On a good evening (and even on a not so good one) the view at sunset is absolutely spectacular, the sun …
For all the Gold Chinese athletes have won so far in these games, yesterday had to hurt. First, in women’s gymnastics (or should that be, in China’s case, children’s gymnastics…?) the United States won Gold (Nastia Liukin) and Silver (Shawn Johnson) in the all around, making up for their humiliating loss in the team competition …
It turns out the Spanish Olympic basketball team isn’t the only athletic team from Spain to be photographed making a racially charged slant-eyed gesture. Today the Telegraph reports on this picture of Spain’s Tennis Federation Cup women’s team members and …
This is my first Olympics as either a journalist or a sports fan, and I’m sure in any Games there always a bit of disconnect between Olympics World and the Real World. But I’m thinking this disconnect is a bit more pronounced here, in Beijng in 208. Can you imagine what the press coverage in the US would be if, in the run up to and …
I watched a couple of the qualification football matches last night at Beijing’s Worker’s Stadium. First up was USA vs. Nigeria. The US had a player sent off five minutes into the games and struggled to contain an energetic Nigerian side, which eventually triumphed 2-0 despite some last minute heroic efforts by the Americans. At half …
As one commenter suggested, I am posting a link to Hannah Beech’s excellent piece on the controversy over the possible age violations of China’s women, ahem, gymnasts.
I shot the above video around 12:30 p.m. Wednesday outside the Chinese Ethnic Culture Park, where a small group of Tibet activists were holding a demonstration. (Here’s my piece today for time.com on Olympic protests.) The first attempt at unfurling a banner on the overpass was apparently a diversionary tactic, so the other …
Here’s another snippet from our roving sports guru Sean Gregory:
Random happenings at the team handball venue (I know, it’s pretty random to be at a team handball venue). The halftime show consisted of scantily-clad Chinese cheerleaders, dressed as cowgirls, dirty dancing with those five cute little mascot characters. (The Fuwas) The
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Is it any wonder that the Chinese crowd at the USA-China hoops game the other night was oohing and aaahing whenever Kobe Bryant dunked with pinache? The following release today from the NBA on jersey sales in China came out today.
2007-08 Top Selling Jerseys in China
1) Kobe Bryant, Los Angeles Lakers
2) Kevin Garnett, Boston …
Here’s a thought from our colleague Sean Gregory. Could cause a kerfuffle if the Chinese netizens get wind of it:
What is it about sports that makes Spain appear quite racist? A few years ago, Spanish soccer fans made monkey noises at black players on England’s team and the country’s national soccer coach called French icon Thierry
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