Tag: China

WTA suspends all Chinese tournaments over worry about Peng Shuai

Staff

From the BBC: The Women’s Tennis Association has announced the immediate suspension of all tournaments in China amid concern for Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai. Peng, 35, disappeared from public view for three weeks after accusing a top Chinese official of sexual assault. WTA chief Steve Simon said he had “serious doubts” that Peng was “free, safe and not subject to intimidation”. “In good conscience, I don’t see how I can ask our athletes to compete there,” he said. The WTA has repeatedly called for a full investigation into Peng’s…

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Nike aids Chinese Goverment in the Confiscation of $87 million in Counterfeit Kicks

Brandon King

Police in Anhui (China) recently busted that country’s largest case of sneakers. The seized shoes, which numbered over 500,000 pair, were intended to be shipped to Asia and the Middle East. Although made of substandard materials, the sneakers were still valued at over $87 million. In December 2015 Anhui police received reports from Nike Sports China which indicated they had located a significant number of counterfeit shoes that looked like one of their branded products in Middle Eastern countries. Law enforcement officials spent a month pursuing that lead and it…

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