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All eyes turn to Hongkou on Sunday for the standout fixture in Round 11 — the China Derby. This fixture seems to always live up to its billing with plenty of drama and passion — can Shenhua’s 2013… Read More
It’s that time once again, but this week in the pub we have a replacement once again. No, B. Cheng isn’t on the road, instead a depressed Shanghai Ultra couldn’t make it to the pub, even to water… Read More
Round 10 of the 2013 Chinese Super League is over and it feels like a good opportunity to take a look at some of the statistics of the championship so far. Who are the top scorers? Who has… Read More
Shanghai Shenhua 2-3 Dali Ruicheng CFA Cup Round 3 Wang Changqing 35, Cao Yunding 90; Wang Peng 13, Zheng Wangyang 73, Ma Sai 75 One of the biggest CFA cup shocks in recent years took place last night… Read More
As recent as two or three years ago, broadcasting of Chinese Super League matches was few and far between. If you had a club in your province or city, your local team’s matches may be broadcast, but that… Read More
Liaoning survived a close call yesterday afternoon against local China League side, Shenyang Shenbei. The sparsly attended afternoon match lacked the passion of a derby in the crowd, but on the pitch it was a tight affair. In… Read More
Guangzhou Evergrande 3-0 Central Coast Mariners AFC Champions League Round of 16 Second Leg Muriqui 7′, Conca 45+1′, Gao Lin 68′ Attendance: 39,564 Guangzhou Evergrande scored three goals without reply at Tianhe Stadium to beat Central Coast Mariners… Read More
After Saturday night’s Jing-jin derby, there was yet another fan incident outside of Workers’ Stadium. Last season, our man in Beijing demanded an apology from the Global Times after they botched an article on a post-match incident. This… Read More
Beijing Guoan have come in for criticism in the Korean media following the release of pictures showing vandalism of the club’s changing room at the Seoul World Cup Stadium. The incidents followed Guoan’s 3-1 defeat to FC Seoul… Read More
Guangzhou R&F 4 – 1 Chongqing FC CFA Cup Round 3 Lu Lin ’48, 63′, Zhang Shuo ’77, Davi ’87; Zhai Zhaoyu ’81 Attendance: 1935 A fantastic individual performance from winger Lu Lin lifted Guangzhou R&F to a… Read More
