Yao Ming’s got time on his hands. Lots of time, as it were, and not just because his hands are the size of Colorado. He’s using the offseason to recover from a broken foot, one that effectively ended Houston’s shot in the playoffs against the Lakers.

(”Wait a second, this is a sound booth! This [...]

If tug-of-war ever becomes an Olympic event (oh, and it will), I say just give the gold to the Chinese. I wouldn’t take them on after this: A Chinese man lost his hand recently while, during a game of tug-of-war, his hand refused to drop the rope but the rest of his body went ahead [...]

China’s got a ways to go with race relations; during the Olympics, they held many black people in custody because they were believed to be drug dealers. But the world is about to get its first look at China’s surprisingly heterogeneous population.

Ding Hui will be China’s first black international athlete. The 19-year-old volleyballer has been [...]

In news that shocks nobody, more evidence has come out that many of China’s young athletes have faked their ages. But this time, rather than allegations from the USOC or an investigative piece on Real Sports, the accuser is infallible. It’s science!

Tests carried out by a provincial Chinese sports federation on the bones of [...]

Leave it to the Chinese to appropriate whatever they want from western culture, use it to sell slumping consumer goods and then expect the rest of the world to understand that they just don’t believe in individual property rights. Last month it was David Beckham. This month? It’s one of the world’s great WAGs (wives [...]

Recently we posted a story about how basketball is now the most popular sport in China, surpassing soccer. But 12-year-old Chinese swimmer Qian Hongyan has long been ahead of that trend, as she quite obviously preferred basketball beginning nine years ago.

(Qian has been fortunate enough to avoid dreaded NBA composite balls)
A two-year-old report from [...]

Oh, China. You’re good at a lot of things, but accurately documenting the ages of your athletes is not one of them. After the gymnastics debacle back in August, it’s probably not surprising to learn that Nets hoopster Yi Jianlian isn’t really 21.

Although, this time around it looks like the age was underreported, rather than [...]

I know the Pittsburgh Steelers have fans everywhere, but this is starting to get a little bit ridiculous. Steeler Nation has now apparently reached all the way into another nation – China.

And, being China, it wouldn’t be proper to root for anything unless several thousand people were doing it in unison. That’s just how they [...]

You’ve heard the refrain from soccer fans for years: “But it’s the most popular sport in the world!” That might have been the case in the past, but that might not be the case any longer, as basketball might have overtaken soccer as the world’s most played sport.

The reason? Call it the Yao Ming Effect. [...]

Upset because your team (ahem, the Cubs) choked again? Tired of J.D. Drew ripping your heart out yet time after time? Can’t deal with the pressures of modern sports fandom? It’s OK, just pack your bags and head for your local monastery.

A Chinese soccer fan who is upset with the decision to suspend a player [...]