Mark Dreyer
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This is very sad.
David Webb’s collection of data has been a treasure trove for journalists and HongKongers alike.
Thank you, Mr Webb, for all your hard work.
Godspeed!
webb-site.com/articles/shu...?
David Webb’s collection of data has been a treasure trove for journalists and HongKongers alike.
Thank you, Mr Webb, for all your hard work.
Godspeed!
webb-site.com/articles/shu...?
Webb-site Reports
webb-site.com
February 12, 2025 at 7:48 AM
This is very sad.
David Webb’s collection of data has been a treasure trove for journalists and HongKongers alike.
Thank you, Mr Webb, for all your hard work.
Godspeed!
webb-site.com/articles/shu...?
David Webb’s collection of data has been a treasure trove for journalists and HongKongers alike.
Thank you, Mr Webb, for all your hard work.
Godspeed!
webb-site.com/articles/shu...?
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Hopefully by the time the 2034 World Cup comes round, the message it’s not okay to grope visiting supporters will have been heard. What a grim story.
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Spanish FA apologises after Mallorca players’ families harassed in Jeddah
The RFEF president has apologised to Real Mallorca supporters six days after they were harassed at the Super Cup semi-final in Saudi Arabia
www.theguardian.com
January 17, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Hopefully by the time the 2034 World Cup comes round, the message it’s not okay to grope visiting supporters will have been heard. What a grim story.
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
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Behind all the excitement of these TikTok escapees discovering Little Red, Chinese censors must be having kittens.
Chinese public have a lifetime of inate self-censorship, ease to fit XHS's ToS. "Free speech" American kids? Not so much~
🔮Surely many bans coming~ 🔮
Chinese public have a lifetime of inate self-censorship, ease to fit XHS's ToS. "Free speech" American kids? Not so much~
🔮Surely many bans coming~ 🔮
January 14, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Behind all the excitement of these TikTok escapees discovering Little Red, Chinese censors must be having kittens.
Chinese public have a lifetime of inate self-censorship, ease to fit XHS's ToS. "Free speech" American kids? Not so much~
🔮Surely many bans coming~ 🔮
Chinese public have a lifetime of inate self-censorship, ease to fit XHS's ToS. "Free speech" American kids? Not so much~
🔮Surely many bans coming~ 🔮
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Happy 2025! I started a Substack. Here's my first post: open.substack.com/pub/chinaspo...
Li Tie and me
Chinese football legend is appealing his 20-year sentence for corruption
open.substack.com
December 31, 2024 at 6:00 PM
Happy 2025! I started a Substack. Here's my first post: open.substack.com/pub/chinaspo...
Happy 2025! I started a Substack. Here's my first post: open.substack.com/pub/chinaspo...
Li Tie and me
Chinese football legend is appealing his 20-year sentence for corruption
open.substack.com
December 31, 2024 at 6:00 PM
Happy 2025! I started a Substack. Here's my first post: open.substack.com/pub/chinaspo...
This SCMP editorial on a "fresh start" for Chinese football feels like it's straight out of the Xinhua library. Utter tripe. www.scmp.com/opinion/comm...
Editorial | Clean start needed for China football to score
The game has been rife with corruption, but latest crackdown offers hope to realise not only the goals of nation’s leaders but also long-suffering fans.
www.scmp.com
December 31, 2024 at 4:12 PM
This SCMP editorial on a "fresh start" for Chinese football feels like it's straight out of the Xinhua library. Utter tripe. www.scmp.com/opinion/comm...
They've played .575 hockey in the past 20 games, but even if they continue that for the rest of the season, their poor start means they'll still fall short of the playoffs - even though they might genuinely be a "playoff" team, were it not for Laine's injury.
December 30, 2024 at 4:24 PM
They've played .575 hockey in the past 20 games, but even if they continue that for the rest of the season, their poor start means they'll still fall short of the playoffs - even though they might genuinely be a "playoff" team, were it not for Laine's injury.
Even just a few points higher would mean that being "in the mix" would be a reality, rather than a hope (as it is now) - and then could then learn those lessons on the fly.
December 30, 2024 at 4:24 PM
Even just a few points higher would mean that being "in the mix" would be a reality, rather than a hope (as it is now) - and then could then learn those lessons on the fly.
So are you saying they would or would not be higher up the standings if Laine had stayed healthy?
December 29, 2024 at 4:01 PM
So are you saying they would or would not be higher up the standings if Laine had stayed healthy?
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The lesson being Hong Kong is horrible at organizing exhibition football
December 29, 2024 at 5:11 AM
The lesson being Hong Kong is horrible at organizing exhibition football
Feels like this could have been written at any time in the last, say, eight years? I remember one finance expert keen to play down her own (excellent) dataset at least as far back as 2017.
December 23, 2024 at 7:22 AM
Feels like this could have been written at any time in the last, say, eight years? I remember one finance expert keen to play down her own (excellent) dataset at least as far back as 2017.
Among his more 'provocative' works is the 2018 paper "Thinking with Birds: Ornithology and Indigeneity in Taiwan."
December 23, 2024 at 7:12 AM
Among his more 'provocative' works is the 2018 paper "Thinking with Birds: Ornithology and Indigeneity in Taiwan."
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Wang Jianlin (Atletico Madrid)
Zhang Jindong (Inter Milan)
Guo Guangchang (@Wolves)
Dai Yongge (@ReadingFC)
All bought European clubs between 2015-2018
What else do they have in common?
They all sat on the National Committee of the CPPCC - which coordinates the UFWD
#China #football #influence
Zhang Jindong (Inter Milan)
Guo Guangchang (@Wolves)
Dai Yongge (@ReadingFC)
All bought European clubs between 2015-2018
What else do they have in common?
They all sat on the National Committee of the CPPCC - which coordinates the UFWD
#China #football #influence
December 16, 2024 at 10:22 PM
Wang Jianlin (Atletico Madrid)
Zhang Jindong (Inter Milan)
Guo Guangchang (@Wolves)
Dai Yongge (@ReadingFC)
All bought European clubs between 2015-2018
What else do they have in common?
They all sat on the National Committee of the CPPCC - which coordinates the UFWD
#China #football #influence
Zhang Jindong (Inter Milan)
Guo Guangchang (@Wolves)
Dai Yongge (@ReadingFC)
All bought European clubs between 2015-2018
What else do they have in common?
They all sat on the National Committee of the CPPCC - which coordinates the UFWD
#China #football #influence
Four typos in four sentences for this BBC homepage piece on Vanuatu's earthquake. It's clear the editors were laid off there years ago, but what about Grammarly? AI? Or even a read through??
December 17, 2024 at 10:14 AM
Four typos in four sentences for this BBC homepage piece on Vanuatu's earthquake. It's clear the editors were laid off there years ago, but what about Grammarly? AI? Or even a read through??
Are you coming to China for any of your research on this?
December 16, 2024 at 4:17 PM
Are you coming to China for any of your research on this?
December 16, 2024 at 3:05 PM
A 20-year prison sentence was handed down to former Everton and China player and national team coach Li Tie today - "short" according to what he could have received for admitting bribery charges of more than $10m. Sad end to a truly groundbreaking career.
Qi Jun, former director of the strategic planning dept of the CFA, who was also team leader of the men's national team during the 2022 World Cup qualification campaign, was sentenced to 7 years today.
Speculation in Chinese media that Li Tie's verdict could come as early as this week...
Speculation in Chinese media that Li Tie's verdict could come as early as this week...
December 13, 2024 at 6:26 AM
A 20-year prison sentence was handed down to former Everton and China player and national team coach Li Tie today - "short" according to what he could have received for admitting bribery charges of more than $10m. Sad end to a truly groundbreaking career.
Qi Jun, former director of the strategic planning dept of the CFA, who was also team leader of the men's national team during the 2022 World Cup qualification campaign, was sentenced to 7 years today.
Speculation in Chinese media that Li Tie's verdict could come as early as this week...
Speculation in Chinese media that Li Tie's verdict could come as early as this week...
December 10, 2024 at 2:13 PM
Qi Jun, former director of the strategic planning dept of the CFA, who was also team leader of the men's national team during the 2022 World Cup qualification campaign, was sentenced to 7 years today.
Speculation in Chinese media that Li Tie's verdict could come as early as this week...
Speculation in Chinese media that Li Tie's verdict could come as early as this week...
That, and the fact that "Hong Kong" was the reason why the NBA hasn't played games in China since 2019. No point in giving the critics - and there will still be plenty critical of this move - the neat and tidy "full circle" ironic headline.
In case it wasn't obvious why the NBA China Games are being held in Macau instead of Hong Kong:
• Hong Kong doesn't have a stadium that meets NBA standards (Kai Tak Arena seats only 10,000)
• No Hong Kong organization has the financial resources to host the event
www.scmp.com/sport/basket...
• Hong Kong doesn't have a stadium that meets NBA standards (Kai Tak Arena seats only 10,000)
• No Hong Kong organization has the financial resources to host the event
www.scmp.com/sport/basket...
Macau’s better finances, infrastructure crucial in winning race to host NBA games
Sources tell Post why Macau was considered a better option than Hong Kong for five-year agreement, even if Kai Tak Arena had been available.
www.scmp.com
December 6, 2024 at 10:55 AM
That, and the fact that "Hong Kong" was the reason why the NBA hasn't played games in China since 2019. No point in giving the critics - and there will still be plenty critical of this move - the neat and tidy "full circle" ironic headline.
Multiple straight minutes of Chinese Olympians applauding their president (rather than the other way around) if I'm not mistaken!
December 6, 2024 at 10:16 AM
Multiple straight minutes of Chinese Olympians applauding their president (rather than the other way around) if I'm not mistaken!
CCTV absolutely does!
December 6, 2024 at 10:15 AM
CCTV absolutely does!
Yes! The article mentions the teams were in China at the time, but it all, of course, kicked off in Japan *before* they even landed in China, which just served to stretch out the whole painful, week-long episode.
December 6, 2024 at 10:09 AM
Yes! The article mentions the teams were in China at the time, but it all, of course, kicked off in Japan *before* they even landed in China, which just served to stretch out the whole painful, week-long episode.
NBA games are returning to China next October - six years since a single tweet derailed the league there. Covered this a LOT in my book, as all my worlds - comms, sports, China, US-China - collided. Expect plenty more rhetoric next year... apnews.com/article/nba-...
NBA returning to China for pair of Suns-Nets preseason games in 2025, AP source says
The NBA is returning to China next season. The league has struck a deal to play preseason games there more than five years after the league was effectively banned for Commissioner Adam Silver not puni...
apnews.com
December 6, 2024 at 10:00 AM
NBA games are returning to China next October - six years since a single tweet derailed the league there. Covered this a LOT in my book, as all my worlds - comms, sports, China, US-China - collided. Expect plenty more rhetoric next year... apnews.com/article/nba-...
This is explosive. Summary:
-WADA's investigation unit tells WADA that Chinese athletes are likely/historically taking trace amounts of TMZ.
-WADA then learns Chinese athletes tested positive for trace amounts of TMZ.
-But WADA does not inform its own investigation unit
WADA --> not fit for purpose
-WADA's investigation unit tells WADA that Chinese athletes are likely/historically taking trace amounts of TMZ.
-WADA then learns Chinese athletes tested positive for trace amounts of TMZ.
-But WADA does not inform its own investigation unit
WADA --> not fit for purpose
Global anti doping agency’s own investigators wrote a memo to leaders with warning from source alleging Chinese athletes were using a banned heart drug. But Wada left investigators in the dark when China’s swim team then failed test for same drug. W/ Mike Schmidt
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/03/u...
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/03/u...
Antidoping Agency Froze Out Investigators Who Warned About China (Gift Article)
The World Anti-Doping Agency’s investigative unit highlighted intelligence about Chinese athletes possibly using a banned medication, but were kept out of the loop when 23 swimmers tested positive for...
www.nytimes.com
December 5, 2024 at 2:18 AM
This is explosive. Summary:
-WADA's investigation unit tells WADA that Chinese athletes are likely/historically taking trace amounts of TMZ.
-WADA then learns Chinese athletes tested positive for trace amounts of TMZ.
-But WADA does not inform its own investigation unit
WADA --> not fit for purpose
-WADA's investigation unit tells WADA that Chinese athletes are likely/historically taking trace amounts of TMZ.
-WADA then learns Chinese athletes tested positive for trace amounts of TMZ.
-But WADA does not inform its own investigation unit
WADA --> not fit for purpose