Senegal international Demba Ba arrives in Shanghai to undergo a medical after signing Shanghai Greenland. The club which paid 16 million euros to take the former Chelsea forward away from Turkey side Besiktas and inked a three-year contract. [PhotoCFP] BEIJING nike air max 2018 pas cher , June 28 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Super League (CSL) team Shanghai Greenland has paid 16 million euros to sign Senegal international Demba Ba.
The 30-year-old player will undergo a medical in Shanghai on Sunday.
It was reported that he inked a three-year deal to move from Turkey first division league club Besiktas.
Ba also played in German Bundesliga's Hoffenheim and became well known as he played for Chelsea from 2013 to 2014, when he score seven goals in 27 appearances in the English Premier League.
"Demba Ba will boost our strength in the front line and help us realize our goal this season," said Greenland in the statement.
Greenland only snatched one victory in the last eight CSL matches, and the team stands in 11th in the 16-team league after they set a goal of top six at the least.
Children read the Three Character Primer, an original Chinese text for children's early education first compiled in the Song Dynasty (960-1279), at a primary school in Changzhi air max 2018 pas cher homme , Shanxi province. [PhotoChina Daily]
US company eyeing prosperous times in China's pre-school education market
US high-end early education firm Kids 'R' Kids International Inc is expected to open two facilities in Beijing and Shanghai respectively this September.
The move by the company, based in the US state of Georgia, is due to the easing of China's one-child policy, which serves as a major boost to its decision to enter the Chinese market, said Lena Wang, general manager of Kids 'R' Kids China.
China's poorly developed pre-school education market air max 2018 pas cher , the increasing maturity of Chinese parents and their ability to judge the quality of pre-school education had propelled the introduction of its brand to China, Wang said.
"Parents born in the 1980s, unlike their predecessors, are more aware of the importance of the happiness of their child at kindergarten, instead of just the development of their academic capacities," she said.
According to a family education consumption survey conducted by this year by iResearch Consulting Group www.airmax-2018.fr , a leading organization focusing on in-depth research of China's Internet industry, parents born after 1970 are now the majority of consumers in the children's education industry, or 63 percent, with children aged between 7 and 18 years old. About 29 percent of parents were born after 1980-the first generation of single child families, with children aged under nine. Parents who are born after 1980 are more academically advanced and have preferences in terms of online and high-tech products, according to the research.
Kids 'R' Kids plans to open 10 facilities in China over the next five years nike air max pas cher homme , with a mix of direct operation and chain outlets.
"Education is not an instant business," said Wang. Usually it takes two to three years before it can make a profit. A kindergarten generally involves a total investment of 5 million yuan ($806,000). Most of that money is spent on renting premises, but Wang said that more should be invested in finding