A Chinese professional baseball league will open be launched in July and August this year,operated by the Chinese-born American investor Kenny Huang in cooperation with the Chinese Baseball Association. Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, Wuxi, Zhengzhou, Guangzhou and Chengdu will host teams. According to Huang the long-term goal however, is to establish an Asian-wide professional baseball league with teams from Japan, Korea, Taiwan and China.
“In the coming six years, we aim to create an Asian baseball league between China, Taiwan, Japan and Korea, most of whom have long been strong baseball league players on the world stage.”
ShanghaiDaily.com: Chinese pro league to launch, Asia league planned