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Interest from overseas about the Chinese game rarely extends beyond corruption stories or the national team’s numerous calamities. How refreshing, then, that Football Shirt Culture have written up this worthy post which takes a look at every Chinese… Read More
Much to the relief of all followers of Chinese domestic football, the Chinese Super League 2011 fixtures were finalized on Friday – a mere seven days before the season itself kicks off. Better late than never though. The… Read More
A little untimely with this entry, as the story has been on the Chinese web for a over a month now. However, it would be remiss not to cover it. Regular readers may recall reading on the pages… Read More
Shanghai Shenhua and J-League giants Kashima Antlers ground out an Asian Champions League (ACL) 0-0 draw tonight at Hongkou, in a fairly underwhelming start to the 2011 season.
Shanghai Shenhua get 2011 off to a start tonight at Hongkou Stadium with an Asian Champions League fixture against 7-time J-League champions Kashima Antlers, in a game which pits two of China and Japan’s finest club sides head-to-head.
Journeyman Scottish defender didn’t set the Gongti alight during his season-long stay at Beijing last year – he looked slow and was “lost” at times according to Guoan-supporting blog Modern Lei Feng. But it seems Ross himself wasn’t… Read More
With the 2010 season having finished a month ago, and activity on Wild East Football grinding to a halt accordingly, its time to wrap up the season before its too late, with a look back, before we move… Read More
Chongqing and Changsha were relegated yesterday in a nail-biting final Chinese Super League 2010 round which saw Qingdao escape demotion by the skin of their teeth and the bottom three clubs all finish on 30 points. A 2-2… Read More
Anyone reading the usual propaganda channels at the moment could be forgiven for thinking the entire city of Shanghai is in mourning now that the six-month long World Expo is over, indeed, even some respected foreign Shanghai bloggers,… Read More
The wierd and wonderful world of Chinese football threw up another bizarre surprise when an announcement told fans at Shanghai’s Hongkou stadium on Sunday that the half-time period in their game against Qingdao would last 30 minutes long…. Read More
