Bonus Episode: Introducing the China Sports Insider Podcast
Sinica Podcast
Kaiser Kuo
4.8 • 676 Ratings
🗓️ 4 November 2021
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
A warm Sinica welcome to our newest network member, the China Sports Insider Podcast!
If it's about sports and there's a China angle, our hosts Mark Dreyer — the China Sports Insider himself — and Haig Balian, the show's producer, will talk about it.
This week: fewer than a hundred days to go to the Beijing Olympics, and foreign athletes have been trickling in for test events. What's happening? What are they saying? (7:18)
The IOC released their playbook — their game plan for the Olympics. How will visiting media and athletes react to Beijing’s health and safety measures? (12:42)
Then we talk to USA Today’s Dan Wolken. He's covered four Olympics, and he's coming to Beijing. What does he make of the playbook? (19:06)
And we end with the saga of China's men’s national ice hockey team. Their story is getting a lot of attention from foreign media. At the Olympic tournament they'll be in a group with Canada, USA, and Germany, and there's a real chance they’ll get blown out. How did we get here? What’s the way out? (41:06)
Update: Since we recorded this, the IIHF has announced that China will not be kicked out of the Olympic tournament.
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| 0:49.7 | Hey folks, we have something special for you this week. We are debuting the latest member of the |
| 0:54.6 | Cynica Network on SubChina, the China Sports Insider podcast. It's all there in the name. A podcast |
| 1:01.1 | takes you inside the world of sports in the PRC. So before we play the episode, which I trust you |
| 1:06.6 | will all dutifully subscribe to on your favorite podcast app. Let's chat with the guys behind the show, |
| 1:11.8 | the China Sports Insider himself, Mr. Mark Dreyer and producer Haig Balian. They're both in Beijing, |
| 1:18.4 | which is something I really envy them for right now. Mark Haig, congratulations on the launch. |
| 1:22.9 | And welcome, welcome, welcome to the Cineco Network, thanks so much. We're so excited to be here. |
| 1:28.6 | Yeah, great to be here. |
| 1:29.7 | I'm super excited to be joining the network as well. |
| 1:32.5 | Yeah, I'm delighted to have you guys, but I'm really excited for the show. |
| 1:35.9 | I'm not a huge sports guy myself, but I still find I'm really, really, I love your show. |
| 1:39.9 | It's really fun. |
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