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China experienced a crushing defeat to Brazil yesterday. I don’t want to talk about it too much, the Seleção played brilliantly while a beat up, tired Chinese side limped through it. The loss is the worst ever for the national… Read More
Drogba Who? Wild East Football analyses those who have already made an impact on the Chinese Super League before this summer’s influx of football mega stars. The recent attention on Chinese football has started some hot topics; are… Read More
Jose Antonio Camacho has named his squad for the upcoming Chinese friendly against Spain and it has a number of surprises. The biggest was Camacho’s failure to name Piao Cheng to the roster, despite widespread expectations that he… Read More
scours the news to present you with some of the most interesting football stories in the Chinese news, here are a few bits and pieces that we’ve come across recently: Arsenal has never been into worldwide summer tours,… Read More
Editor’s Note: This post was originally published on Modernleifeng.com in July 2010. At that point, days before the World Cup final between Spain and Holland, there was a lot of discussion in Chinese media and online about the… Read More
Editor’s Note: We woke up to the news that Iraq defeated Jordan 3-1 and so that last remaining bit of hope that for China has now been crushed and they are officially eliminated from qualifying. It’s too little… Read More
This commentary was first posted at goal.com. Chinese fans are used to disappointment, but things were looking up in 2011 thanks to some good performances from the national team and a lucky draw that gave China one of… Read More
Yet another painful night in “west Asia” for Chinese football fans. The team didn’t play bad, they created chances, but in the end it wasn’t enough. It’s like deja vu all over again, it’s something those who have… Read More
Disorderly scenes erupted last night in the aftermath of China’s hugely disappointing 1-0 home defeat to Iraq, which saw furious Chinese fans mob their national squad bus outside Shenzhen stadium, demanding that the Guozu disband. According to Chinese… Read More
I feel like a broken record at this point, but there’s probably a reason why. Every time China gives its fans a bit of hope, it very quickly finds a way to crush that hope in new and… Read More
