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How Football Explains the (Business) World
We’ve talked before about how soccer in China is all encompassing, if you are a close watcher of the game, it’s hard not to come across a wide variety of issues, be it corruption, business, politics, or social… Read More
Pub Talk: Guoan to float, Shenhua sinking further
In their regular Pub Talk feature, Bcheng and the editor meet for a virtual beer to ponder the mysteries of the Chinese football universe. This week, the Chinese Super League takes a break as the Chinese national team… Read More
International Football Tournaments Cancelled in Xinjiang for Security Reasons
At least two football tournaments were cancelled in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region following last month’s knife attacks and explosions in China’s far west. The two tournaments, which are scheduled to take place in August and October in Urumqi… Read More
CSL By the Number: Round 22 Attendance
There was a full slate of matches over the weekend, but without home matches for the better attended clubs, the stats look a bit anemic. Qingdao vs. Beijing – 12,180 Changchun vs. Jiangsu – 12,000 Chengdu vs. Shaanxi… Read More
New head coach at Shenhua – but is Zhu Jun still pulling the strings?
Little did Dražen Besek know that, as he walked out of Shandong Luneng’s provincial stadium after Shenhua’s final match of the 2010 season, as Miroslav Blazevic’s assistant, he would return to the same stadium in his first game… Read More
View from the North: Qingdao 1 – 0 Beijing
Sunday afternoon’s match was one of those very bad Chinese Super League experiences, leaving me feeling so dirty I wanted to run to the showers afterword. Fortunately, Qingdao’s ground is less than 10 minutes from the beach, so… Read More
Tianjin 1-0 Shenhua: Five defeats in a row
Eccentric refereeing decisions robbed luckless Shanghai Shenhua of a first victory in two months as Tianjin grabbed a late winner to consign their opponents to a fifth consecutive defeat last night at TEDA Stadium. Incredibly, it was only… Read More
All the goals from CSL round 22
Some interesting moments this week, a water-logged game, and bad defeats for the teams followed by contributors – Shenhua, Guoan and Jiangsu Sainty. Liaoning are the real beneficaries this week, solidifying their grip on the 3rd and final… Read More
Friday Video Amusement – Not All Chinese Fans Hate Each Other!
It’s Friday, you’re waiting for the weekend to finally begin, you want to get out of the office, I do too. Therefore, I’m not going to write a long post about the possibilities of Beijing Guoan going public,… Read More