With the Nanjing Youth Olympic Games (YOG) drawing to a close earlier this week after receiving little to none global attention, the few people who were watching have been debating the merits of the spectacle. In general, those who were there appear to have been won over by the Chinese penchant for ‘Bigger is Better’, while those who weren’t were more than happy to pile on.
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青奥会需吸引公众关注 否则成空谈
据报道，南京青奥会的开幕式预算仅为北京奥运会的1/5，但考虑到该赛事的新闻报道量，这笔花费也算不菲了。
Weekly Wrap: Xi Jinping, Tour de France, Wimbledon, football $$
The glut of “China isn’t at the World Cup, but…” articles has slowed (there is only so much to say, after all), though these pictures of President Xi Jinping are doing the rounds (h/t @niubi), unthinkable to depict the President in cartoon form just a few years ago.
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解决申世闹剧 FIFA需取经
上周，国际上的一系列报道隐隐暗示现在没有国家愿意举办2022冬奥会了。无巧不成书，当有一家媒体表达出这样的观点时，大家都会人云亦云。
美媒拿下奥委会转播权或影响中国
国际奥委会于上周与美国电视台NBC以77.5亿美元的天价续约，从而使NBC持有的奥运会转播权延续到了2032年，这个决定对于体育产业而言堪称一场冲击。
Russian politician holds key to China’s Olympic hopes
The most important Russian to China right now is not Vladimir Putin, but it’s a man who knows him very well: Alexander Zhukov. That’s because he has just been appointed head of the evaluation commission for the 2022 Winter Games. In other words, he is leading the team that will select the host city.
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China’s barren run continues
Coming into the 2014 Paralympic Games, China had amassed an impressive 326 gold, 259 silver, and 198 bronze medals 1984-2012, but all 783 of them had come in the Summer Games. The best result at a Winter Games had been a fifth place finish by Peng Yuanyuan in the women’s 5km cross-country classic style standing in Vancouver four years ago.
Weekly Wrap: Marbury dominates, and China’s 783-0 streak could end
Stephon Marbury could be in line for a second statue in Beijing. Having missed most of the season through injury, he has inspired the Beijing Ducks in the CBA playoffs, leading them into a finals showdown against the Xinjiang Flying Tigers after a 3-2 series win against the Guangdong Southern Tigers.
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残奥会在中国没有得到应有的关注
我敢打赌最近没多少人听说过冬季残奥会。其实如果大多数中国人知道残奥会这件事，才会让我大吃一惊。的确，近日来太多的新闻充斥各媒体的头条，但这些只不过是政府、媒体、记者们漠视残奥会的借口。
Sports round-up: CSL, surfing, golf, tennis and the invisible Paralympics
The Chinese Super League season kicked off this past weekend, and goals were few and far between. Ominously, though, the top of the table is already occupied by Guangzhou Evergrande…
That’s Online (also in the print versions) has a nice profile of Darci Liu, China’s first and so far only female professional surfer, who, amazingly, only learnt to swim at the age of 18: Continue reading Sports round-up: CSL, surfing, golf, tennis and the invisible Paralympics