The two will sign the agreement in a ceremony on Friday, Feb. 26.

The agreement will make Espanyol the first European football club to sign with the Chinese sportswear producing giant.

The Li Ning company, one of the leading sports brand enterprises in China, has already signed many famous athletes, such as NBA stars Shaquille O’ Neal, Berni Rodriguez and Baron Davis, tennis ace Ivan Ljubicic and world record holding pole-vaulter Yelena Isinbayeva.

The Chinese company also provided the sportswear for the Spanish Olympic squad at the Beijing Olympic Games and currently dresses the Spanish National Basketball team, which won last year’s European

Championships and the silver medal in the 2008 Olympics. The official communique announcing the accord states that Espanyol’s history and values have been vital in Li Ning’s decision.

Source : Konaxis

Google is seeking to hire 40 staff, including engineers, sales managers and research scientists in Beijing,

Shanghai and the southern city of Guangzhou, according to advertisements seen on its website.

Meanwhile, Google has continued to filter search engine results in China.

Google representatives and Chinese officials were to resume talks in the coming days after a break for

China’s Lunar New Year holiday, the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday.

The talks will centre on whether the US firm can deliver unfiltered internet search results in China, the report said.

Source : Konaxis