If your Asian city tier list doesn't include Hangzhou or Taipei, you should travel more

The five major sports for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics are: Baseball, cricket, flag football, lacrosse, and squash Of these, I'm most optimistic about baseball's internationalization. It's the best spectator sport in stadiums and boasts the most sophisticated and rich statistical data. Furthermore, East Asians can actually reach world-class baseball (unlike soccer). The Chinese Baseball League (mainland China), established in the early 2000s, was premature and likely won't be truly effective until 2030.

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The Chinese in Mauritius are one of the most impressive expatriate groups. For generations, they were barred from owning land, so they amassed 30% of the country's wealth through horse racing and related gambling, with only 2% of the population. They also married Indian women.

China will launch a new long-term visa (called the K visa) in October, which only requires a STEM degree from a good university. I imagine many Indians and Pakistanis will enter through this visa.

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Padel will be launched in Greater China in one fell swoop because it is more competitive than pickleball and complies with European rules. Once certain prerequisites are met, all the current pickleball enthusiasm will shift to padel.

Korean women go to Shanghai to meet Chinese men, Chinese women go to Europe to meet European men, and European women go to Seoul to meet Korean men. This is the new triangular trade.

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In the region where Pickleball first took root, how was padel perceived when it was introduced?