Talk:Rugby union in China
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Big investment programme
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-37836744
" It is looking for growth in many countries, including Brazil, India and Russia, but it is China where they have struck it big - signing a $100m (£80.5m) deal that involves a professional league, university programmes and grassroots initiatives...Participation in the sport in China has increased by 40% in the past year to 76,000 players. The new initiative, signed in partnership with company Alisports, and the country's rugby football association, will see the former invest $100m over the next 10 years in an effort to further popularise the game...And a mass-participation initiative will take place in up to 10,000 universities and schools... As part of the new growth plans, development schemes will also seek to recruit and train 30,000 coaches and 15,000 match officials by 2020."
As usual with anything to do with China, the scale is huge. There is also mention of rugby's long term success in the PLA. -31.81.152.199 (talk) 11:19, 8 November 2016 (UTC)
Orphaned references in Rugby union in China
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- From Alibaba Group: "China to host richest ever rugby sevens tournament as US$100 million injection bears first fruit". South China Morning Post. 17 July 2017. Archived from the original on 17 July 2017. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
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