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Sport and the Chinese Athlete

Watching the Houston Rockets win over the Lakers as the “Chairman” was sitting it out on the bench with an injured foot got me to thinking about sports culture in China and the pressure that its stars must have to succeed for country over... ...full story at Black China Hand

from Black China Hand on Fri, May 15 2009

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