Archive for the ‘China’ Category

Winter Olympics: Skater’s gaffe highlights politics of China sports (Honolulu Advertiser)

Thursday, March 11th, 2010

BEIJING — It was a political gaffe for Chinese short track speedskater Zhou Yang — failing to thank her country and its government after winning two gold medals at the Vancouver Olympics.

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China’s provinces strive to outdo each other at Expo (AFP via Yahoo! News)

Thursday, March 11th, 2010

A river of liquor, a robotic version of a famous emperor and Shaolin monks — China’s provinces are going all-out to woo tourists and investors at Expo 2010 in Shanghai.

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China sports official skewered for criticizing skater who didn’t thank government after win (Los Angeles Times)

Thursday, March 11th, 2010

FILE - In this Sunday, Feb. 21, 2010 file photo, China’s gold medal winner Zhou Yang, left, kisses her medal next to Korea’s bronze medalist Park Seung-hi during the medal ceremony for the women’s short track speed skating 1500-meter race at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

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Sacked Chinese curler caps bad day at Vancouver Olympics with U.S. headgear (Vancouver Sun)

Thursday, March 11th, 2010

China curling skip Wang Fengchun’s sacking following his failure at the Vancouver Olympics was compounded by the fact he wore a U.S. team cap on the plane home.

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Skater’s gaffe highlights politics of China sports (AP via Yahoo! Sports)

Thursday, March 11th, 2010

It was a political gaffe for Chinese short track speedskater Zhou Yang — failing to thank her country and its government after winning two gold medals at the Vancouver Olympics. But the 18-year-old is winning widespread support for her honesty and naivete, after being criticized by a top sports official this week for mentioning her parents in a post-win interview but failing to express …

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West Cumbrian woman’s Great Wall of China challenge (The News and Star)

Tuesday, March 9th, 2010

A Whitehaven woman has started a mammoth fundraising task to raise cash for her charity trek along the Great Wall of China.

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China Mass Media Reports Fourth Quarter and Year 2009 Unaudited Financial Results (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)

Tuesday, March 9th, 2010

China Mass Media Corp. , a leading media company in China, today announced its unaudited financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2009.

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Aussie Losing to Loonie as Canada’s Banks Trump China (Update3) (Bloomberg)

Tuesday, March 9th, 2010

March 8 (Bloomberg) — The Australian dollar is being overtaken by the Canadian dollar among commodity currencies as the safety of Canada’s banking system and ties with the U.S. economy spur investors to buy the loonie.

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Christopher unsure of future in athletics (Canada.com)

Tuesday, March 9th, 2010

Tyler Christopher knew exactly where he was two years ago, on top of the world over 400 metres, and where he was going, to the Olympics in China.

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China expects further Xinjiang separatist attacks (USA Today)

Tuesday, March 9th, 2010

China says it expects new attacks by separatists seeking independence for the traditionally Turkic Muslim region of Xinjiang after deadly ethnic violence there last year.

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