Re: [sumo] Hakuhou, Rijicho and the Wall

[Stephen <stephen@loxinfo.co.th>]

My wife is Chinese and we watch the CCTV-4 news. I understand some but not
all of what is said. So my wife has translated. Apparently the trip to China
has been received well, and the Japanese living there (on the news they
spoke) say that it's a really great opportunity to see the guys for real and
that it's cheaper to attend the sumo "presentations" in China than in Japan
which they say they could not afford. Also the news showed (and I don't
think it's just politically-contrived hype!) that the young Chinese people
really appreciated the sumo experience and (as Rachel said in her post
enclosed) that it does indeed form some sort of a good bridge between the 2
Countries.
Boltono.

on 6/6/04 8:32 AM, Rachel Mason at rachelida@yahoo.com wrote:

> I also wish there had been better publicity about the
> China tour -- I'm living only about an hour or two
> from Shanghai now and would have loved to attend this
> week's matches there, but I didn't find out about it
> until a few days ago (on this list), too late to
> rearrange my classes.  I've mentioned sumo to some of
> my (university) students before and shown them some
> pictures, and I've found that, in general, nobody
> knows anything about sumo -- maybe even less than in
> the US.  So I'm impressed that it drew such a large
> crowd in Beijing!
> 
> I've also found that, in general, many people here are
> quite interested in Japan and want to know more about
> the customs, language, culture, etc (even though most
> of them still regard the Japanese with some suspicion
> and animosity).  Maybe sumo will become the next
> bridge between the two countries!
> 
> -Rachel 
> (University of Science and Technology of Suzhou)
> 
> 
> 
> 
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