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Having completed another undefeated series of Shanghai Derby matches, the remaining 2014 CSL season holds little interest for Shanghai Shenhua. With all attention focused on the cup semi-finals, Shenhua head to one of the teams with much still… Read More
Financially-troubled Dalian Aerbin’s could go to the wall after the city’s FA said it would block any attempt by a potential new owner to move the club to their hometown, Nanjing. At the start of the previous CSL… Read More
Whilst the Canton Derby may lack the niggle and off-field antics of that between Beijing and Tianjin or the history of the many derbies in Shanghai, the rivalry in Guangzhou is growing by the year and this season’s… Read More
Following an unexpectedly intense derby between Shanghai Shenhua and Shanghai East Asia, ‘s Cameron Wilson takes an in-depth look at the big changes in the Shanghai football landscape this year and how the fixture’s influence may spread beyond… Read More
Hong Kong correspondent Christopher KL Lau brings a regular round-up of latest news and developments and other footballing points of interest from the SAR. South China draw first blood in season opener – HKJC Hong Kong Community Cup… Read More
Guangzhou R&F’s Abderrazak Hamdallah dreams not of a move to a big European club, but of playing in the MLS to be reunited with his brother in the USA, the Moroccan revealed on his club’s website. The striker… Read More
History is not something that can yet be applied to Chinese football in large doses, but there is already something of a resonance to this Shanghai derby, as, on Sunday evening, Shenhua and East Asia again provided an… Read More
There are now only seven games left in the 2014 CSL season and it’s going down to the wire. The sides in immediate danger of staying up all struggled over the weekend while a number of sides likely… Read More
Having rediscovered their groove of late, Shanghai East Asia’s next three fixtures could make or break their push for third place – facing three of their biggest challenges so far this season in travelling to Shenhua, before hosting… Read More
Ding Dong the Witch is Dead on Life Support Maybe A-OK Guangzhou Evergrande or Taobao or whatever they are called this week were knocked out of the Asian Champions League in midweek, to the cheers (and in some… Read More
