Arijit Sen

July , 2006

Friday , July 07, 2006

For Sale: Football Air


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The credit for this blog entry entirely is Amitava Kumar's. Had I not read his blog, this bit about Chinese capitalism would have gone unnoticed. Li Jie, the CEO of the former 'Lunar Embassy in China,' whose license was revoked for selling plots of land on the moon, has "gathered" air from German stadia hosting World Cup matches for sale in China. The tournament is almost over. 2 more matches to go but this business bit from behind the bamboo curtain is one to be treasured. He had received about 25 bags. Don't know if the bags have been sold out. Last heard, Beijing Municipal Administration was saying that air cannot be sold. Should Delhi take a hint during the Commonwealth Games and start selling Commonwealth air? ....


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Arijit Sen reports from Northeast India. He was at NDTV before joining CNN-IBN in 2005. Arijit began journalism in December 1999 with The Edit page of The Pioneer in New Delhi. A 2010/11 Gerda Henkel Fellow at Oxford University, Arijit received the News Television Award in 2010. He was given the 2008-09 Ramnath Goenka excellence in journalism award for his reporting from Northeast India. Arijit did his Masters in Economics from Calcutta University.
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