Looks like AFL has won a gig to show live games.
Chinese aren't usually interested in any sport that doesn't involve Yao Ming or gambling, but they do have the world's most boring TV.
I wonder if Mr Xi and Mike F exchanged Stern words.The Age understands the breakthrough in negotiations was helped by the visit to Australia in June of Chinese vice-president Xi Jinping.... [He] was entertained at the Carlton-Fremantle game as a guest of Premier John Brumby and AFL chairman Mike Fitzpatrick - a man with whom he was familiar due to Fitzpatrick's role as a director of mining giant Rio Tinto.
Western Sydney, Gold Coast so ho-hum as AFL chases slice of China market
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