https://bsky.app/profile/dreyerchina.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/dreyerchina.bsky.social/post/3lemmuaa2qk2xHappy 2025! I started a Substack. Here's my first post: https://open.substack.com/pub/chinasportsinsider/p/li-tie-and-me https://open.substack.com/pub/chinasportsinsider/p/li-tie-and-me?r=2nd&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true31 Dec 2024 18:00 +0000at://did:plc:3j5sr53xckbj52sqdfoxtgr2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lemmuaa2qk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/dreyerchina.bsky.social/post/3lemmuaa2qk2xHappy 2025! I started a Substack. Here's my first post: https://open.substack.com/pub/chinasportsinsider/p/li-tie-and-me https://open.substack.com/pub/chinasportsinsider/p/li-tie-and-me?r=2nd&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true31 Dec 2024 18:00 +0000at://did:plc:3j5sr53xckbj52sqdfoxtgr2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lemmuaa2qk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/dreyerchina.bsky.social/post/3lemgtkt7nk2nThis SCMP editorial on a "fresh start" for Chinese football feels like it's straight out of the Xinhua library. Utter tripe. https://www.scmp.com/opinion/comment/article/3292678/clean-start-needed-china-football-score31 Dec 2024 16:12 +0000at://did:plc:3j5sr53xckbj52sqdfoxtgr2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lemgtkt7nk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/dreyerchina.bsky.social/post/3ldimcpe3zk2wFour typos in four sentences for this BBC homepage piece on Vanuatu's earthquake. It's clear the editors were laid off there years ago, but what about Grammarly? AI? Or even a read through??17 Dec 2024 10:14 +0000at://did:plc:3j5sr53xckbj52sqdfoxtgr2/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldimcpe3zk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/dreyerchina.bsky.social/post/3ld65nt4pok22A 20-year prison sentence was handed down to former Everton and China player and national team coach Li Tie today - "short" according to what he could have received for admitting bribery charges of more than $10m. Sad end to a truly groundbreaking career. [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 Dec 2024 06:26 +0000at://did:plc:3j5sr53xckbj52sqdfoxtgr2/app.bsky.feed.post/3ld65nt4pok22https://bsky.app/profile/dreyerchina.bsky.social/post/3lcxge4pkj22wQi Jun, former director of the strategic planning dept of the CFA, who was also team leader of the men's national team during the 2022 World Cup qualification campaign, was sentenced to 7 years today. Speculation in Chinese media that Li Tie's verdict could come as early as this week...10 Dec 2024 14:13 +0000at://did:plc:3j5sr53xckbj52sqdfoxtgr2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcxge4pkj22whttps://bsky.app/profile/dreyerchina.bsky.social/post/3lcmzhc3qek2aThat, and the fact that "Hong Kong" was the reason why the NBA hasn't played games in China since 2019. No point in giving the critics - and there will still be plenty critical of this move - the neat and tidy "full circle" ironic headline. [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 Dec 2024 10:55 +0000at://did:plc:3j5sr53xckbj52sqdfoxtgr2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcmzhc3qek2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/dreyerchina.bsky.social/post/3lcmwear5tk2aNBA games are returning to China next October - six years since a single tweet derailed the league there. Covered this a LOT in my book, as all my worlds - comms, sports, China, US-China - collided. Expect plenty more rhetoric next year... https://apnews.com/article/nba-china-games-6962a97e286566022f9b3d10a09a717706 Dec 2024 10:00 +0000at://did:plc:3j5sr53xckbj52sqdfoxtgr2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcmwear5tk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/dreyerchina.bsky.social/post/3lcjm4kdr6227This is explosive. Summary: -WADA's investigation unit tells WADA that Chinese athletes are likely/historically taking trace amounts of TMZ. -WADA then learns Chinese athletes tested positive for trace amounts of TMZ. -But WADA does not inform its own investigation unit WADA --> not fit for purpose [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 Dec 2024 02:18 +0000at://did:plc:3j5sr53xckbj52sqdfoxtgr2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcjm4kdr6227https://bsky.app/profile/dreyerchina.bsky.social/post/3lc3pejvie223Ohtani's 50/50 ball sold for $4.4m last month to Taiwanese investment firm UC Capital - a tenant of Taipei 101 - so they decided to put it up for viewing until March next year. [contains quote post or other embedded content]29 Nov 2024 13:39 +0000at://did:plc:3j5sr53xckbj52sqdfoxtgr2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lc3pejvie223https://bsky.app/profile/dreyerchina.bsky.social/post/3lc3fcqcqsx2q🧵The Shanghai marathon takes place tomorrow, December 1. Last month, the Abbott World Marathon Majors (@worldmarathon.bsky.social) announced that Shanghai was in contention to join its elite races. A thread on why that might still happen - but why it probably shouldn't.29 Nov 2024 10:39 +0000at://did:plc:3j5sr53xckbj52sqdfoxtgr2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lc3fcqcqsx2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/dreyerchina.bsky.social/post/3lbruyttovc26I remember the days long, long ago, when you could read stuff like this on Twitter. 10/10 thread. [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Nov 2024 15:53 +0000at://did:plc:3j5sr53xckbj52sqdfoxtgr2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbruyttovc26https://bsky.app/profile/dreyerchina.bsky.social/post/3lbpffbxatc2uAt an over/under of 10 days until Bluesky is blocked in China, I'm taking the under. [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Nov 2024 16:09 +0000at://did:plc:3j5sr53xckbj52sqdfoxtgr2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbpffbxatc2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/dreyerchina.bsky.social/post/3lbhdshm3w225Tried the Hong Kong-Beijing overnight high-speed train journey last weekend. Overall: good, but seems like I was only overnight passenger in the cheap(er) seats, which were packed from HK-Changsha (7:30-11pm) and again from Shijiazhuang-BJ (5:30-7am), but deserted in between! [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 Nov 2024 11:19 +0000at://did:plc:3j5sr53xckbj52sqdfoxtgr2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbhdshm3w225https://bsky.app/profile/dreyerchina.bsky.social/post/3lbhc6ilgd22sRemember Bing Dwen Dwen, the mascot of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics? Well, it's back - with some snake-themed hairstyles for the upcoming Year of the Snake!21 Nov 2024 10:50 +0000at://did:plc:3j5sr53xckbj52sqdfoxtgr2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbhc6ilgd22shttps://bsky.app/profile/dreyerchina.bsky.social/post/3lbdx7xl4nm26China lost 3-1 at home to Japan last night in 2026 World Cup qualifying, "a result that many considered worthy of praise", as per the Global Times, noting that "plenty of Chinese journalists burst into applause" at the end of coach Ivankovic's press conference. Tells you everything you need to know.20 Nov 2024 02:56 +0000at://did:plc:3j5sr53xckbj52sqdfoxtgr2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbdx7xl4nm26