SPORTS IN CHINA!

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SPORTS IN CHINA!

• BY ALEXANDER HABER AND LINDSAY HAUPTMAN.

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INTRODUCTION

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• People In china like playing sports in
  china. Physical fitness and sports are of
  national importance in china, and people value
  sports mostly for both health and fun. China has
  a long history of martial arts, witch is not
  combat but it is a system of relaxation and
  exercise. Some of the favorite sports in china
  are basketball, football, martial arts, table
  tennis, soccer, and badminton. My favorite sport
  is basketball.

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BASKETBALL

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• Basketball is a really fun sport. Dr. James
  Naismith invented basketball while working for
  the YMCA training school in spring field
  Massachusetts. Basketball was actually
  introduced to china in 1896. Since the arrival
  of Yao Ming (a basketball player) in the NBA in
  2002, the game has grown considerably in the most
  populated country. Chinas basketball company is
  called CBA (china basketball association), and
  more than four hundred million people play it.
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Basketball
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BASEBALL

• Baseball was first introduced to china in 1864,
  with the establishment of the Shanghai Baseball
  Club by the American Medical missionary Henry
  Boone. However, in 1959 Mao Zedong disbanded all
  teams and outlawed Baseball. After the Cultural
  Revolution ended, Baseball Activities Association
  formed in 1974. In 2002, China Baseball League
  was formed, and China participated in the World
  Baseball Classics.

Baseballl
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MARTIAL ARTS

• In most of the large spoken Chinese language
  varieties, the word Kung Fu is pronounced Kun Fu.
• The beginning of Chinese Martial Arts has helped
  to people learn self-defense, hunting techniques,
  and military training in ancient China.
  Hand-to-hand combat and weapons practice were
  important in training in ancient Chinese
  soldiers.

Black Belt
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BADMINTON

• Badminton is a Chinese sport. Lin Dan is the only
  player in badminton history to have won three
  consecutive titles at the world championships. In
  2006,2007,2009, because of its relative
  simplicity, inexpensive equipment, and
  accessibility to venues. Badminton is a very
  established and popular sport in china.

BADMINTON OBJECTS AND GAMES
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VOLLEYBALL

• Volleyball arrived in Asia in 1908. From there
  it was practiced in China and Japan. China took
  five consecutive world titles in the 1908s.
  Thats pretty amazing that they won so many
  times. The leading volleyball nations in Asia is
  Japan, to a lesser extent south Korea and China.

VOLLEYBALL GAMES
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CONCLUSION

• We think its amazing how many sports there are
  in china. People play a lot of the same sports in
  China as they do in The U.S.A, for example these
  are some of the sports they both play. Chess,
  volleyball, Basketball, figure skating and
  gymnastics. Thats pretty amazing because china
  is very far from the U.S.A but they still play
  some of the same sports.

THINK DO YOU THINK ITS AMAZING THAT CHINA AND
THE U.S.A PLAY SOME OF THE SAME GAMES ?