Chinese sponsors ignore politics (USA Today)North Korea? Check. Iraq? Check. Iran? Apparently not, but Olympic teams of two of the three charter members of President Bush's "Axis of Evil" as well as Sudan and Belarus, two nations with North Korea on the U.S. pariah list are being sponsored by Chinese sportswear companies hoping to build their brands.
Among hoops-loving Chinese, it's a slam dunk: Kobe is king (USA Today)If the USA gets past Argentina, the 2004 Olympic champion, in Friday's semifinals and advances to Sunday's gold medal game, who knows how the Chinese might coronate their favorite American athlete?
Among Chinese-Americans, a Split on Sports (New York Times)First-generation, Chinese tend to maintain that sports are an impediment to academic and professional achievement, while the more assimilated promote sports as integral to a child?s maturation.
Chinese broadcaster treads water during Games (Reuters via Yahoo! News)What do you do if you're a provincial Chinese broadcaster trying to make a yuan during an Olympics you're not allowed to broadcast?
