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The reasons for this new agreement are many and varied, but the viewing environment in China has been transformed over the past decade. While CCTV has been grindingly slow to adapt to a new era of multimedia entertainment, millions of fans, especially the younger generations, now watch sports and other programs online - instead of on television - and CCTV will still have to compete with web offerings from Sina Sports, LeTV and PPTV to attract fans of English soccer.
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BEIJING, June 7 (Xinhua) -- A battle for use of a basketballcourt, between a group of elderly dancers and young basketballplayers, has exposed loopholes in the urban management of Chinesecities.
The debate sparked when a video showing a group of elderlypeople quarreling with several young men went viral on the ChineseInternet. In the video Air Jordan 6 UNC , the senior citizens lashed out at the youngmen over use of the basketball court in a local park. The heatedargument soon broke into a physical fight.
Police confirmed the incident was in Luoyang city, centralChina's Henan Province.
"Some square-dancing elderly and a posse of basketball playershad a quarrel, which broke into a fight, over the use of thebasketball court on May 31," local police said. "They reconciledafter the incident."
The park later closed the court and provided another area forthe elderly group, but public debate flared nevertheless.
A number of Internet users defended the basketball players Cheap Jordan 6 UNC ,saying that the elderly group crossed the line, not only byoccupying the basketball court but also hitting a young manphysically. Others showed sympathy for the dancers, saying a lackof areas for square dancing in Chinese cities was a majorissue.
China's population is aging, with the Ministry of Civil Affairssaying that more than 220 million Chinese were over 60 by the endof 2016. The government predicts the country's elderly will accountfor about one-quarter of the population by 2030.
This highlights a rising need for rest and recreation programsamong senior citizens. In China, square dancing has become a majordaily activity among graying Chinese. But as the elderly bust theirmoves, a spate of conflicts has erupted across the nation
In 2014 Jordan 6 UNC For Sale , after failing to reach reconciliation, residents in adistrict in eastern China's Zhejiang Province went toe-to-toe witha group of square dancers, by using loudspeakers worth 260,000 yuan(38,266 U.S. dollars) to blast out music day-and-night to drownthem with noise.
A similar incident happened in a district in Fujian Province in2016, causing police to be called.
In 2014 Jordan 6 UNC 2017 , the historic Luxun Park in Shanghai reopened to thepublic after renovation, drawing a large number of elderly dancers.Rival exercise groups tried to snap up dancing squares, creatingchaos and fights in the park.
THE FIGHT FOR SQUARES
Annoying noise made by square dancers has created many clashes,but experts say insufficient public space and poor management inChinese cities were to blame.
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"When public spaces fail to meet rising demand for rest andrecreation, problems are bound to occur," Yang said.
Liu Yaodong, with the public management department of HubeiUniversity of Technology, said that it was necessary forauthorities to make scientific planning for leisure activities whendeveloping cities.
"When designing public spaces, authorities should consider thestatus quo of urban recreational activities Jordan 6 Retro UNC ," Liu said."Authorities should reserve enough space for the future developmentof recreational activities."