Authorativity

Statement:
“Sports Illustrated Chine was launched in September 2006, and is now the single most authoritative general interest sports magazine in China.”
Questions:
1) Is there a central governing body in China that evaluates authoritivity? Can I dispute this claim?
2) Is there a corresponding authoritivity quotient that I can reference to see how Sports Illustrated’s authority has grown in the past year?
3) The quote was in all caps. Did they do that so that they didn’t feel ridiculous capitalizing the award title, “Single Most Authoritative General Interest Sports Magazine”?
4) Does “single” really add anything to the statement?
5) Did you really need to specify China? I guess it could have been the single most authoritative general interest sports magazine in Mongolia, despite its name.
6) Do you think there are more authoritative non-general interest sports magazines in China? Is “general interest sports” a coded reference to “American football, baseball and basketball”?
7) How did they decide when they passed the previous most authoritative general interest sports magazine? Was there a time when they were “tied for the most authoritative general interest sports magazine”?
8) Are general interest sports magazines in China focused on ping pong, gymnastics, Liu Xiang (hurdler), and Yao Ming?

What an intriguing statement. I bet the infiltration of Sports Illustrated China was exactly the sort of thing they were trying to avoid with the Boxer Rebellion.

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