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Fairly early into any stay in China, you will almost certainly be told that this is a country with 56 ethnic groups, rather than the singular Chinese identity that it most coming into the country would imagine. Han… Read More
Shanghai Shenxin 1-6 Shanghai East Asia China Super League Round 12 Wang Yun 60′; Wu Lei 17′ 38′ 80′, Lv Wenjun 50′ 83′, Zhu Zhenrong 70′ Attacking midfielder Wu Lei hit his first Chinese Super League hat-trick on… Read More
Manager Jose Antonio Camacho has announced his squad for China’s three upcoming friendlies and while it includes a few names, it doesn’t seem the manager has gone far enough to bring in young talent. While Camacho is insistent… Read More
It’s no secret that Chinese football has not developed as hoped over the past decade. Ten years ago the likes of Sun Jihai, Yang Chen, Li Tie and Shao Jiayi were blazing a trail for the country in… Read More
Shanghai Shenhua 2-1 Shanghai East Asia Chinese Super League round 7 Xu Liang 72, Moreno 97; Wu Lei 40 (pen) Attendance, 22,356 For the fourth time in a season just seven games in, Shanghai Shenhua came from behind… Read More
Shanghai East Asia 1-0 Tianjin Teda Chinese Super League round 6 Wu Lei 68 Attendance: 7,400 Shanghai East Asia got their second win of the season with a close-fought victory over struggling Tianjin, in the first-ever clash between… Read More
Shanghai East Asia 2-0 Changchun Yatai Chinese Super League Round 4 Wu Lei 14′, Lü Wenjun 17′ Attendance: 7,774 “Sometimes, three points are more important than match statistics”, Shanghai’s manager Gao Hongbo said after East Asia won their… Read More
The 2013 Chinese Super League season kicks off tomorrow night. As we lead up to the start of the new season, we’ll preview a number of the sides, this time it’s the newly promoted Shanghainese club. The manager: Though… Read More
Shanghai East Asia are the newest addition to the Chinese Super League and will be bringing a lot of hope, hyperbole and expectation with them as they prepare for their debut season in the big time. Throughout 2012,… Read More
Having booked their spot in the Chinese Super League for 2013, this season has been a defining coming of age moment for the youthful Shanghai East Asia players and Xu Genbao’s football project itself. Now its time to… Read More
