Table tennis and badminton have long been the favorite sports of the Chinese. But with China's 1.3 billion population and its explosive economy, a whole raft of foreign leagues and sports are now vying to capture their share of the market.
SOURCES: MLB, NBA, FIFA Survey (2006), Women's Tennis Association, Chinese Baseball Association, Chinese Golf Association | The Washington Post - August 30, 2010
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Mining for baseball diamonds Article | IN WUXI, CHINA It's five minutes to game time and Li Jiajie is still tinkering with his pitch, hurling ball after ball into a teammate's mitt, trying to achieve pinpoint accuracy.
In China, mining for baseball diamonds Article | IN WUXI, CHINA It's five minutes to game time and Li Jiajie is still tinkering with his pitch, hurling ball after ball into a teammate's mitt, trying to achieve pinpoint accuracy.