soccer

wildeastfootball.net — Despite its massive population and huge economic advancement, China still has an inferiority complex and as such, it sees nothing wrong with celebrating its one and only successful World Cup appearance, even if there wasn’t anything to celebrate once the team made it there. In China, no anniversary is too small to celebrate and as long as its celebrating a success, it’s worth celebrating.

www.ministryoftofu.com — Corporal punishment from coaches may be the most entrenched unwritten rules in Chinese sports arenas. “Well-meant whipping” is part of the East Asian culture.

www.modernleifeng.com — Last week I downplayed an incident that took place during the Chinese Super League (CSL) match between Qingdao and Shanghai during which a fan (or translator for Qingdao) ran on the field and attempted a karate kick on the referee that garnered being picked up by the AP and brought more negative attention on the CSL.

www.chinasmack.com — The World Cup uses balls made in a Jiujiang City [in Jiangxi province] “sweatshop”? The World Cup mascot is from Yiwu City [in Zhejiang province]? 60 million World Cup condoms were Chinese produced? Yes, China uses this way to “participate” in the South Africa World Cup…
A great commentary on WC merchandise and its origins and makers - plus lots of wonderful pictures.

www.chinahush.com — Currently the hottest news topic around the world is probably the World Cup. Other than the excellent performances by the teams of various countries, the most talked about subject is perhaps the loud horn noise that fills up the entire stadium from the beginning to the end of each match.