Review in the master's thesis Zhang Tyandin "Lighting the biggest sporting events in the Chinese media" Relevance of the work shows the current state of affairs in international politics. The press began to appear publication about the desire to remove the Russian athletes to participate in the Olympic Games. "The president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Thomas Bach did not rule out the possibility of the removal of all Russian athletes to participate in the Olympic Games 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, if the World Anti-Doping Agency (the WADA) proves that doping in the country used systemically (https.: //sport.mail.ru/news/olympics/25811415/?frommail=1) Zhang Tindin correctly observes that "sports events with full confidence can be attributed to a particular social culture. Competitions have characteristics unpredictable and sensationalism, active participation and fun, thereby attracting a wide audience. "  In its work, Zhang Tyandin tells us that "the December 15, 2000, China formally promulgated the" Concept of sports reform and development program 2001-2010. " It stated the following order: "Further strengthening of international sports exchanges", "Active participation in international sport business, continual improvement of its position in international sport", "Attracting investment in sport at all levels of the state apparatus." To achieve these objectives, the Government is actively study and explore the many factors that influence the development of sport. Among them - the role of the media as one of the engines of development of sports is an important issue. " In my opinion, this approach to understanding what a sporting event of such magnitude as the Olympic Games is very valuable for Russia and perhaps we need to learn from China. Although part of what China is doing, use the organizers of the Winter Olympic Games in Sochi. Reading the work of Zhang Tindinya involuntarily realize that in work written by someone who is familiar with the Chinese culture. The paper used, for example, traditional Chinese expression: "The Olympic Games have two dancers - one athlete, the other - the news." And even despite the fact that the work is a master's thesis, and is a scientific work, such expressions only decorate it. Zhang Tyandin correctly formulated the object and the subject of his dissertation. The object of work is the socio-political media covering the Olympic Games in Beijing. The subject of research - formation technology and media coverage of sports events. The empirical base of the work make the publication of the news agency "Xinhua", the newspaper "People's Daily", the magazine "Scientific Activities" and the magazine "China Sports" article "Sports and scientific equipment", the article "Economy of sports competitions", "Theory of sports journalism" "The Chinese Olympic challenge", "Analysis of the professional services of the Olympic games" and "The competitiveness of the television media in sports events." The analysis also underwent some works by Chinese scholars about the characteristics of China's media. The chronological scope of the study covers the period of January 2015 by March 2016. Formally dissertator all of the requirements for clearance work. At the same time I would like to point out the shortcomings of the work. In forming the structure of the work, which consists of an introduction, 4 chapters, conclusions, bibliography and appendices. Chapter 1 contains a lot of history topics. Perhaps the author wanted to show the historical development of the issue, but the claimed scope of the study (a little more than a year) did not require immersion of the author in an era when it was invented gunpowder and the compass. In operation, when described by way of the media, there are indications drawings (Computer and Internet), but in an electronic form can not see them. What is the reason I can not mention, as this may be the unreliability of the system, or it is made in the presentation, prepare a defense. The fact that the work was written a foreigner, too, it becomes clear, as the construction of some phrases are not consistent with the standard Russian speech. It is worth noting a list of references used by the author in his work is not only the Chinese scientists, but also Russian, including employees of the Department of St. Petersburg State University journalism theory. Many Chinese scholars use the views can be attributed both to the positive and negative moments. Well, we, thanks to the author of the thesis are aware that the topic of lighting the Olympic Games in China has become a practical policy, but the negative side of the use of the work of Chinese scientists is the fact that the influence of the Russian science in the form of conclusions of dissertation enough. Let me draw your attention to the work done alone, and the percentage of borrowing only 3%. It speaks about the uniqueness of this study and that the author of such work certainly deserves a positive assessment.  Special correspondent federal public sports channel "Match TV" Dmitry Shatohin