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Shanghai East Asia players climbed into the stands post-match last night to lay floral tributes on the seat of a 16-year-old female fan who was murdered two days before the match. The deeply shocking death occurred when the… Read More
A late equaliser, beautiful goals, a moment of madness, horrific challenges, red cards, two stretchered off and a disallowed goal all featured in a pulsating encounter under the lights at a wet Yuexiushan. Tobias Hysen first put Shanghai… Read More
The second Yangtze Delta derby of the season saw Shanghai East Asia maintain their excellent start to the campaign; with a hard-fought 2-1 away victory at Hangzhou Greentown, in a game which will be remembered for an exquisite first-half… Read More
Shanghai East Asia kicked off their 2014 CSL campaign with a 1-1 draw shaded with controversy away to Liaoning Whowin at the Panjin Stadium. CHINESE SUPER LEAGUE ROUND 1 Liaoning Whowin 1 Kevin Oris 19′ Shanghai East Asia… Read More
The Manager: With the departure of Gao Hongbo following the close of last season, control over the side was handed to his assistant, Xi Zhikang. As the new manager’s only previous experience of first-team management came at rivals Shanghai Shenhua during the… Read More
ASIAN CUP QUALIFYING GROUP C Iraq 3 Younis Mahmood 22, 42 Adi Adnan 58 China 1 Zhang Xizhe (pk) 73 Despite an embarrassing 3-1 defeat against Iraq, China will take part in next year’s Asian Cup thanks to… Read More
China 1-0 Indonesia Asian Cup 2015 Qualifying (Wu Lei 45′) China remain on course for Asian Cup 2015 qualification after a 1-0 victory over Indonesia in Xi’an on Friday night, a result which leaves Fu Bo’s side on… Read More
The Chinese Super League 2013 is now over after an interesting season with Guangzhou Evergrande, as expected, the champions, while Shanghai East Asia were the surprise package of the year as the promoted team lifted the CSL’s quality… Read More
A few weeks ago I sat down with Wu Lei at the national team’s hotel in Beijing. The young striker didn’t dominate the room when he entered, in fact few in the lobby paid attention to him, nor… Read More
In the final match of the East Asian Cup, China continued their somewhat surprising performance to beat Australia 4-3, though Japan’s late winner against Korea mean that China fall to the runners up spot in the competition. China… Read More
