Sport in the People'S Republic of China

16 Aug 2012

The London Olympics have just ended and the memory of Chinese athletes giving their all to win honours is still fresh in our minds. Who can forget Liu Xiang's heart-wrenching fall in the hurdles...

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In Brief

16 Sep 2008

Sports body tables fitness legislation to tap Games fever

10:48AM

Gold for elite athletes, fat chance for the rest

20 Aug 2008

Almost two weeks into the Olympics, China sits atop the medals table and its athletes have never been more popular. But their success has come at a fearsome price.

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Rule on imported athletes goes too far

2 Mar 2008

China has long dominated the world of table tennis. Before panda diplomacy, there was ping-pong diplomacy. This dated back to the 1970s with the warming of relationships between the mainland and...

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Sporting premier wins over Japanese

4 Jun 2007

While sport has been used to stir up national rivalries, it has also helped ease strained relations.

9:57AM

852 days to go

9 Apr 2006

Behind the scenes a sporting project of an astounding scale is quietly taking off, and ultimately tens of millions of people will lace up running shoes as a result.

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Opinion

Alex Lo

Chen Guangcheng misled by his new right-wing 'friends'

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Tom Holland

The yuan hasn't overtaken the HK$ quite yet, Mr Chan

4:40AM

Finally there

'Friendship first, competition second' was a popular slogan in China in Maoist times, when sport was a tool of foreign policy.

3:35PM

Brotherly chats give little away

CHINESE Foreign Minister Qian Qichen may hold the key to the Sino-British log jam over the future of Hong Kong, but the only thing his brother knows about the territory is that it is 'small and...

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