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I hate Gao Lin. If you’ve ever read this blog before, it’s probably obvious to you. He’s from Zhengzhou, he played for Shanghai, and now he’s on Guangzhou, when it comes to my degrees of hatred, I don’t… Read More
We keep trying to tell the public that while foreign media is focused on Nicolas Anelka, there are plenty of exciting imports in the Chinese Super League. Christopher Katongo proved how good he really is, leading Zambia to… Read More
Yesterday I complained about how boring this transfer window has been to date, today there’s major news about a bid for two players that would represent a massive shifting of power in the Chinese Super League. Dalian Aerbin… Read More
It’s easy to see why this may appear to be the Chinese Super League’s hottest transfer window ever, however for me it’s been utterly boring (outside of Anelka, of course). If you told me at the beginning of… Read More
This year, Chinese Super League transfers haven’t been simple. There’s the drawn out chasing of Didier Drogba in Shanghai, the will he/won’t he situation with Yang Zhi in Beijing as well as the capital club’s signing of Brazilian/Aussie… Read More
For those who are used to European football, the announcement that Shaanxi Renhe was leaving Xian for Guizhou came as a massive shock, well, hold on tight folks, we could be looking at more madness. In a winter… Read More
When it comes to Chinese players overseas, we’re at an all-time low now. Hao Junmin no longer plays for Germany’s Schalke 04 and Shao Jiayi ended his nine-year German stint to play for his hometown club, Beijing Guoan…. Read More
The following is a verbatim translation of a story which appeared on Sina entitled “18 years of loathing” and which detailed a recent TV football programme. It gives an account of Shanghainese football icon Xie Hui and Chinese… Read More
The first matchday is exactly a month away, but Beijing Guoan fans will gather this weekend to get pumped up for the upcoming season with the 3rd edition of the Guoan Fan’s Music Festival. It’s going to be… Read More
[singlepic id=57 w=320 h=240 float=right]It can be difficult finding a woman who loves football, even harder turning one into a fan, but amazingly I tried to do so — lo and behold I did it! Some use the… Read More
