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Astonomical CSL broadcast deal stuns China’s sports industry
CCTV, IMG and Infront – all huge names in the sports industry – were among the suitors to buy the rights to produce and broadcast the Chinese Super League. But these three, and others, were obliterated by the bid submitted by the comparatively little known Tiao Dongli, or CSM, worth a staggering 8 billion RMB over five years.
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China Sports Insider Ep. 6 – Soccer Reforms in China
This is a studio discussion I did alongside the always excellent Rowan Simons, who – literally – wrote the book on this, on CCTV last week after the new soccer reforms in China were announced.
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China Sports Insider Ep. 4 – Beijing’s Olympic bid
Here, belatedly, is one of my appearances on BBC World during the Sochi Olympics, talking to presenter Sarah Stone live via Skype. The first part is a little outdated as it talks about China’s medals and prospects (at that time), but the section from 1:38 on Beijing’s bid for the 2022 Olympic Games is still relevant.
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China Sports Insider Ep. 3 – Golf’s growth in China (CNBC)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tT_ABy0m_s
While China waits for Li Na’s Australian Open semifinal against Canadian teenager Eugenie Bouchard, here’s an interview I recorded with CNBC just before Christmas, which discusses: Continue reading China Sports Insider Ep. 3 – Golf’s growth in China (CNBC)
Welcome to China Sports Insider
New Year, new site.
Welcome to the new incarnation of The Li-Ning Tower, which will soon automatically redirect here. A relaunch and rebrand has been a long time coming, but the main points are that the blog will no longer:
- run afoul of China’s always stringent copyright laws
- be inaccessible on the Chinese mainland
- indirectly promote a sinking ship
- be far too obscurely titled
Please bear with us as some older features are reintroduced and some new ones are phased in, but rest assured that the content will follow on from 2013’s success, during which the blog was quoted or linked to by Bloomberg, USA Today, Huffington Post, CNBC, Quartz, New York Daily News, NBA.com, Al Jazeera, China Daily and others.
China Sports Insider Ep. 1 – Motor racing in China
Welcome to the first of what will be a series of videocasts with the people who matter in the Chinese sports industry, everyone from athletes and officials to executives and agents.
We kick things off with a discussion with top Chinese motor racing drivers Franky Cheng Congfu and Adderly Fong about the state of motorsports in China today, how soon China can expect to see a team or driver in F1, and which drivers are better – those from Hong Kong or the mainland!