It is a sad day for the Chinese people. While Team China’s performance in the first week of the 2008 Olympic games was nothing short of spectacular, no appearance by a Chinese athlete was more widely anticipated then that of 110m hurdler Liu Xiang. Today, at the Bird’s Nest stadium in Beijing, Liu Xiang did [...]
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Mixed Reaction from Chinese After Liu Xiang Fails in Olympic Heat
Posted by Robert Vance on August 18th, 2008
Posted in The Vance Report 
Tags: 2008 Olympic Games, Beijing Games, China, Chinese runner fails, Liu Xiang, Olympic Track and Field, Yao Ming, 刘翔 
1 Comment »James and Bryant Slam Dunk Team USA Past Valiant China
Posted by Robert Vance on August 11th, 2008
My Chinese students’ gloomy predictions came true in Beijing tonight; Team USA stole the show in its 101-70 victory over China in the Olympic opener for both men’s teams. Still, China made a valiant effort against an an American team that featured the likes of Kobe Bryant, Lebron James, and Duane Wade. Through the first [...]
Posted in The Vance Report Tags: 2008 Olympics Basketball, America vs. China, beijing, China, Kobe Bryant, Lebron James, Team America, Team China, Yao Ming No Comments »Why Yao Ming is Not Such a Bad Person Afterall
Posted by Robert Vance on June 13th, 2008
A few months ago, I wrote an article entitled Is Yao Ming a Sellout? in which I discussed the Chinese born NBA star’s unpopularity among many in his home country. Yao Ming has often been criticized for not having given enough back to China. Apparently, the 2 million dollars that Yao Ming has promised to donate to the [...]
Posted in The Vance Report Tags: CBA, China Earthquake, earthquake in china, National Basketball Association, NBA, Yao Ming 2 Comments »Is Yao Ming a Sellout?
Posted by Robert Vance on April 17th, 2008
“Yao Ming is not a national hero,” a student recently declared in one of my English classes. Some years ago,before I spent much time in China, I might have been stunned to hear a Chinese citizen talk about Yao Ming in such a way. After all, the tall Chinese center for the Houston Rockets has [...]
Posted in The Vance Report Tags: Basketball in China, CBA, Chinese Sports, Houston Rockets, NBA, Play-Basketball, Yao Ming 2 Comments »
