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The chairman of China League side Shanghai East Asia FC has raised eyebrows by saying he hopes his club can merge with city rivals Shanghai Shenhua. Xu Genbao (徐根宝), who is also founder of East Asia, made the… Read More
Shanghai Shenhua’s slender championship hopes were laid to rest in last night’s China Derby, as defensive botch-ups handed bitter rivals Beijing Guoan an easy 4-1 victory at the Workers Stadium. Second-placed Shenhua needed a win to try to… Read More
It’s that time again – the Jing-Hu Dazhan (京沪大战), or “China Derby” between Beijing Guoan and Shanghai Shenhua. Both teams go into this match in less than ideal circumstances – under-performing Guoan fired head coach Hong Yuanshuo during… Read More
For the second week running, runaway Chinese Super League leaders Shandong Luneng grabbed a victory with a last minute goal, during the weekend’s Chinese Super League fixtures. Trailing 2-1 with only ten minutes remaining in their home match… Read More
Shanghai Shenhua coach Miroslav Blažević has launched an absolutely scathing attack on critics of his team’s mediorce performances of late. Speaking on Shenhua’s official news channel on the clubs website, a clearly vexed and extremely animated Blažević fumes… Read More
For the third year running, the Beijing-Shenhua game has been inconveniently-scheduled, making it very difficult for visiting fans, who have a 2,000 km round trip, to get to the game. Shenhua fan group’s plans have been thrown into… Read More
A hard fought victory for Shanghai Shenhua in Liaoning and a revenge win for Beijing over Shandong Luneng at the Workers’ Stadium, putting Shenhua just three points behind Shandong, and setting the scene for an exciting championship run-in…. Read More
The Chinese Super League gets back on the road after the international break, but no sooner has the season resumed, than it could all be over, if Shenhua fail to beat Liaoning away from home. Failure to beat… Read More
I read about the brawl between Beijing Guoan’s S-League youth team and Singapore’s Young Lions a few days ago, but didn’t think it was worth posting on. Why? Because such brawls are commonplace in football at all levels…. Read More
As we all know, Chinese football hasn’t had an awful lot to shout about for quite some time. But during the international break , which saw the Chinese Super League and many domestic leagues all over the world… Read More
