Von Brad Spurgeon. Quelle: NYT.

China’s growing sway felt in north Japan ski town [Niseko] Von Malcolm Foster (Forbes/AP). Vgl. 去北海道寻找浪漫 (Sanxia Xinwenwang).

Timo Boll führt die Tischtennis-Weltrangliste an. Von Ulrich Hartmann. Quelle: SZ.

Edelweiß in der Mandschurei Von Stefan Schomann (Zeit).

Ein ganz normaler Held Hürdensprinter Liu Xiang kämpft seit zwei Jahren um die Rückkehr in die Weltspitze. Von Susanne Rohlfing (Zeit).

Pole-and-chair dancing gets popular in South China (Global Times). Vgl. 钢管舞头号美女：承认有钢管色情秀 性感无罪 (sina.com).

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Von Ananth Krishnan. Quelle: The Hindu.

Chinese soccer caught in quicksand of puny league Von Liu Xiaocong (Global Times).

China’s sleeping giant is awake and ready to roar Li Na’s rest was interrupted by her snoring husband on the night before the match …” Von Linda Pearce (The Age).

“… Der Energieanbieter Yingli Solar wird Premiumsponsor …” Quelle: SZ/dpa. Vgl. 英利签约成为拜仁慕尼黑官方高级合作伙伴 (sina.com).

Von Robert Grant. Quelle: Sidney Morning Herald.

China to train foreigners in ping pong Von Malcolm Moore (Telegraph).

Von Peter Ford. Quelle: Christian Science Monitor. Vgl. 姚明真实伤情的两种猜想，他已进入退役倒计时？ (sina.com-Blog). Update: Spiegel-Artikel.

Quelle: SZ

Sports harmed by gold craze “… Japan sent a soccer team made up of amateur players and college students and still won gold. But China is still reluctant to let amateur players step up …” Von Liu Xin (Global Times). Update: Dangerous Olympic dreams “… Ai Dongmei … sold her Olympic gold medal for 1,000 yuan in 2007 … Their fates are by no means unusual and they are just the gold medallists. About 80 percent of 300,000 retired athletes fail to land a job …” Von Lin Meilian. Vgl. 跳水运动员退役后求学受阻 家人称身体严重受损 (Xinhua) und 中国运动员现状：近半数无编制 45%退役后失业 (Nanjing Ribao, Jan. 2010).

Asian Games in China were a big deal – Why Westerners didn’t hear much about them Von Ben Arnoldy (CS Minotor).

India cannot match China assembly line (India Today). Ferner: China spielt Dominanz bei Asienspielen herunter (SZ).

Quelle: tvnz

Chinese sprint hurdler announces return to world-class status with Asiad gold. Quelle: todayonline.com (Singapur).

They’re off running (Yomiuri Shimbun)

“… said yesterday that the government would treat taekwondo athlete Yang Shu-chun (楊淑君) as a ‘gold medalist’ despite her controversial disqualification … Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) said he had asked the National Security Council to draw up a strategy to look into the incident …” Quelle: Taipei Times.

Chinese Gamesmanship stirs political waters Von John Garnaut (The Age).

Asienspiele: China durchbricht “goldene” Schallmauer (RP Online)

Quelle: Sydney Morning Herald/AFP

Polo a hit in China (Global Times)