Excerpt from http://frontpagemag.com/2011/08/22/w...about-the-prc/
What a Basketball Brawl Tells Us about the PRC
Posted by Alan W. Dowd Bio on Aug 22nd, 2011
Sometimes a little event can be a metaphor for something big. What recently happened on a basketball court in Beijing is a case in point.
The Georgetown University men’s basketball team, in the middle of a goodwill tour of China, was playing a Chinese Basketball Association team known as the Bayi Military Rockets—“military” as in the entire team is drawn from the ranks of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA). As The Washington Post reports, the game “deteriorated into a benches-clearing melee in which players exchanged blows, chairs were thrown and spectators tossed full water bottles at Hoyas players and coaches as they headed to the locker room.” Chinese players and coaches threw chairs. “Chinese authorities made no attempt to break up any of the fights, and the three officials working the game could not be seen as the melee erupted,” the Post adds.
To avoid a full-blown riot, Georgetown coaches pulled their team off the court. They requested but never received a police escort for the team, alumni and fans in attendance. So Georgetown coach John Thompson III made an executive decision and convinced the entire Georgetown contingent to walk together to the relative safety of the buses.
The fight was triggered by what Chinese and American observers alike agree was rough play by the Chinese team, which was exacerbated by one-sided officiating. Again, American and Chinese observers alike describe the officiating as embarrassingly biased. “It seemed that [the referee] was eager for the Chinese team win tonight,” one Chinese fan told the Post. “The Chinese players provoked the conflict,” said another Chinese fan.
How one-sided was the officiating? The PLA team had 11 fouls, Georgetown 28—at halftime. All told, there were 57 free throws taken by the PLA team, 15 by Georgetown.
So what does this have to do with the bigger geopolitical picture? More than you might think.
I. China doesn’t play by the rules and doesn’t respect international norms of behavior.
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Chệt hèn hạ , 1 đám lính quân đội Chệt chơi banh dở nên gây sự sính cường dùng bạo lực ỷ đông hiếp ít đánh sinh viên Mỹ .
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Bọn Chệt mất dạy mọi rợ ỷ đông gây sự với Mỹ trước , nhưng vẫn bị cuối cùng vẫn bị thua ở game sau
Excerpt from http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/22/sp...-shanghai.html
For Georgetown, a Peaceful Win in China
By DAVID BARBOZA
Published: August 21, 2011
SHANGHAI — Three days after an ugly brawl ended an exhibition basketball game between Georgetown and a Chinese professional team, the Hoyas played another game here on Sunday without incident.
The game was tinged with geopolitics. Georgetown is on a good-will tour of China, and the brawl took place on the second day of Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s first official visit to China.
The game’s public setting seemed as if it might invite further trouble. It was held outdoors, on a court set up under a giant tent, with free admission as part of a promotional event called the Nike Festival of Sport.
But Georgetown looked poised in a 92-69 victory over the Liaoning Dinosaurs, who play in the professional Chinese Basketball League.
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