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China now allows citizens from 74 countries to enter visa-free for up to 30 days. This policy aims to boost tourism, the ...
Zhao was bowled over by the number of people who turned out to welcome him back to China at Shenzhen Bao’an airport. Fans placed flowers in his arms, and reporters pushed microphones towards him.
China convicted the former chairman of a once-highflying computer-chip conglomerate on corruption charges and gave him a de facto life sentence, concluding a high-profile case that had shaken the ...
BEIJING – Zhao Xintong’s historic World Snooker Championship title is set to spur the game to even greater heights in China, and sparked predictions the country could come to dominate the sport.
Newly-crowned World Snooker Championship winner Zhao Xintong remains banned from playing in his home country of China due to his involvement in the sport's biggest match-fixing scandal. The 28 ...
Zhao Xintong on Monday was hailed as snooker’s “new superstar” after winning the World Championship with an 18-12 victory over Mark Williams that heralded a Chinese revolution in the sport. Zhao’s ...
Zhao Xintong's name once again captured the spotlight of Chinese sports and the global snooker world when the 28-year-old lifted the World Snooker Championship trophy at the Crucible Theatre in ...
SHEFFIELD – Zhao Xintong was hailed as snooker’s “new superstar”, after winning the World Championship with an 18-12 victory over Mark Williams that heralded a Chinese revolution in the sport.
Zhao made history at Sheffield's Crucible Theatre by taking the seven frames he required to clinch the trophy after building a dominant 11-6 lead in Sunday's sessions.
Zhao Xintong became the first Chinese player to win the World Snooker Championship as the qualifier completed his stunning march to the title with a 18-12 victory against Mark Williams in the final.
Zhao’s stylish triumph at the Crucible on Monday made him the first Asian to win the title and raised expectations that the sport will rocket in popularity among China’s 1.6bn people.
There may already be more Zhao’s in the works. At this year’s world championships, 10 Chinese players qualified for the main draw and six made it into the final 16 — the highest ever.
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