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Lately the Chinese press has been gossiping about Wang Jianlin, the Chinese Roman Abramovich who owns a large chunk of China’s real estate market, investing a huge amount of money in Chinese football. It was rumoured that on… Read More
The past few days there have been headlines about online gambling, matches being thrown, and players being arrested. You may be thinking “oh no, not again”, but this time the stories aren’t coming out of China, instead they… Read More
When you write a blog, you have a lot of freedom. For example, if you intended to write a post for your favorite player’s birthday, but then you managed to go out and drink too much, you can… Read More
Nanjing is a city rich in history. Roughly 300km west of Shanghai this former capital is home to many famous landmarks and historical events such as Dr. Sun Yat-sen’s mausoleum, the ancient Confucius Temple and the tragic massacre… Read More
On February 14th, 2011, out of the blue, the Korean League’s Daejeon Citizen announced they had signed a Chinese youth star named Bai Zijian. This news raised many eyebrows among Chinese netizens as they had never heard this… Read More
Shanghai Shenhua’s managerial merry-go-round continued its ceasless spinning in the close season when the club appointed 55-year-old Xi Zhikang to the management hotseat – the club have appointed a new coach every year for the past six seasons…. Read More
This is a post I’d been thinking about for a few weeks that got a major assist from Stephen Marbury himself when he showed up at Guoan’s match a few weeks back (and has promised to go next… Read More
According to the Chinese government, there are 56 recognized ethnicities in China. In the past, majority of the players in the Chinese national team were of the dominant Han ethnicity which comprise 92% of China’s population. However, lately… Read More
Asian Football Feast editor Paul Williams writes a column for the Auisie version of the popular footie mag FourFourTwo. He posted on there earlier this week a thought-provoking piece about the ACL in which he pointed out that… Read More
We’re just three weeks into the new season is about to begin, what is your hope for your team and the league as a whole going into the season? BCheng (Beijing Guoan fan ): I still see the… Read More
