Homedays…
China’s not a sports loving country. In the US or much of Europe, even if you aren’t a sports fan, you know a bit about how the local side is doing that year, you’ll see it on the… Read More
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CSL Season Preview: Northern Edition
by bcheng
We’re already a week into the Chinese Super League season and I’ve yet to do my picks, so here goes. Much respect to your Editor in Chief for picking the rankings, I’ve tried that before and don’t have… Read More
Trying to Ignore Reality
Many believe that you can find a nation’s identity in how it plays soccer, often leading commentators to tie the rampant corruption in Chinese society with the corruption that exists in the Chinese game. Match fixing is not unique to China, even… Read More
Modern Leifeng joins Wild East Football
is greatly honoured to welcome aboard B. Cheng aka A Modern Lei Feng – a name which may be familiar to many in the Chinese bloggersphere. Cheng has been the other lonely soul blogging in English about Chinese… Read More
Sydney FC v Shanghai Shenhua: ACL action tonight
Injury-hit Shenhua are in Australia looking for their first victory of the season against Sydney tonight in the Asian Champions League group stage. The odds are stacked against the boys from Hongkou though, first choice keeper Wang Dalei… Read More
CSL 2011 Season Preview: Southern Edition
The Chinese Super League 2011 season is now of course already underway (see video, official opening ceremony footage). The first Shenhua Chinese Super League game kicking off on Friday night instead of the Saturday caught us off guard… Read More
Shenhua throw away three points in first CSL match
The least said about this match the better. To give readers a true fan perspective, I’m going to cut and paste the real-time SMS updates I sent during the game itself to a follower of this blog, who… Read More
Greentown forced out of Hangzhou
As is customary, the new season’s Chinese Super League fixture list threw up some interesting anomalies, not least of which was the fact that Hangzhou Greentown will not play any Chinese Super League games in the city which… Read More
A look at this season’s CSL team shirts
Interest from overseas about the Chinese game rarely extends beyond corruption stories or the national team’s numerous calamities. How refreshing, then, that Football Shirt Culture have written up this worthy post which takes a look at every Chinese… Read More
Introducing our new contributor
is delighted to welcome on board its first contributor – Smari. He brings much needed Chinese language skills to the site, an inimitable blogger’s style, and of course that most necessary pre-requisite for anyone writing about Chinese football… Read More