Adidas sales show in China a jump of 15% in a rather contrary sport wear market. In the WSJ business analyst Shaun Rein explains how the market works differently from elsewhere in the world. “In China its more about fashion than sports.”Read More →
Chinese sports wear brand Li Ning not only saw its shares tumble, but has lost its position as erstwhile favorite. Business analyst Shaun Rein is not very hopeful for its recovery in the short term, and expects an upsurge not before 2015 for the sport apparel sector as a whole, he tells Reuters.Read More →
“Sport and politics do not go together in China,” sights Marc van der Chijs, serial entrepreneur and marathon running, on his weblog, after he learned the Shanghai government kicked out Shanghai marathon sponsor Toray after 16-years, because the company is Japanese. Read More →
China’s internet has been abuzz about the unfair treatment China got at the London 2012 Olympics, in the eyes of many Chinese. Author Zhang Lijia takes at her weblog a step back and tries to figure out what was going on.Read More →
The lower-than-expected achievements of China’s Olympic team in London 2012 triggers off much soul-searching. China veteran Bill Dodson believes the country needs to break away from the current Soviet-style program, he writes on his weblog. The athletes need dreams, no targets.Read More →
The world might still be watching the exciting London 2012 Olympic games, in China sports apparels, winners four years ago have a hard time, compared to the rest of the world, explains business analyst Shaun Rein in CNBC.Read More →
Soccer clubs hire international players who earn several times the annual income of China’s soccer clubs. Rowan Simons tries to explain what is driving the latest developments at one of the country’s most popular sports in NPR.Read More →
Nicholas Anelka, Nigerian Ayegbeni Yakubu and Didier Drogba are a few of the big names picked up by China’s soccer clubs. But it does not mean all is well, says soccer analyst Rowan Simons to AFP, who believe the sport need thorough reforms rather than big names.Read More →
Upcoming China President Xu Jinping is an avid soccer fan and that – say experts like Rowan Simons – might explain why business people are throwing big money at foreign soccer players like Nicolas Anelka and Didier Drogba, writes the BBC.Read More →