There is a well-known saying in China when the future hangs in the balance: "Meet all changes by remaining unchanged."
China's highly successful former Olympic diving coach Yu Fen expressed her desire to return to the national team and contribute to the team's Olympic preparations for the first time since leaving her post in 1996.
Before Yao Ming became the world's most recognizable Chinese sports star, the NBA didn't pay much attention to China - neither did many other big-time sports leagues. Six years later, the NBA is leading the charge of professional leagues trying to get a piece of China's seemingly infinite marketing pie.
The surprise pullout of Switzerland's dressage team from the 2008 Beijing Games last week has triggered concerns over the welfare of horses competing in the humid Hong Kong weather, but international equestrian officials downplayed the significance of the pullout.
Big-name Chinese freestyle skiing aerialists Han Xiaopeng and Li Nina will be absent from the upcoming 11th National Winter Games, which will be held from January 18-28 in Qiqihar, a city in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province.
My 16-year-old cousin is a hoops nut. He queues up outside the Oriental Plaza at dawn to buy a pair of special-edition KG Bounce (Kevin Garnett's sneakers). He saves three months' worth of pocket money to buy an authentic Hakeem Olajuwon jersey. And for the New Year he wants nothing more than a LeBron James bobblehead.
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