Stories By Zhao Xiaoou
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News
/ 12 months agoZhang Lu: How Chinese football was destroyed in three years
Editor’s Note: Zhang Lu is a football person to his core. Few have been as active as he has at every...
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Chinese Super League
/ 12 months agoExplained: CSL’s plan to save coronavirus-hit 2020 season
Today the CSL announced a tentative plan for resuming the league within the next six weeks or so, cutting down the...
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China National Team
/ 2 years agoNaturalisation of footballers in China: a short history (Part 1)
Wearing a five-star red flag on his chest, the number 25 Li Ke was in a red national team jersey and...
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Grassroots
/ 3 years agoShock as trainer with manslaughter conviction for schoolboy’s death joins China u15 coaching team
A football coach who was convicted of manslaughter after a young player under his care died in an incident in 2009,...
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Grassroots
/ 3 years agoXu Genbao: “Current crop of Chinese football coaches are not good enough”
Chinese football legend Xu Genbao, who managed two clubs to the Jia-A championship and helped guide Shanghai SIPG’s forerunners, Shanghai Dongya,...
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Chinese Super League
/ 3 years agoCorporate-free club names to become a reality in the CSL
Back in 2015 the Chinese football reform plan called for teams to use “neutral” naming conventions in order to cultivate football...
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Chinese Super League
/ 3 years agoCannavaro Chose Evergrande as a Shortcut Back to Europe
It’s now official: Fabio Cannavaro is (again) the new Head Coach for Guangzhou Evergrande, who recently won an incredible seventh consecutive...
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Chinese Super League
/ 4 years agoChinese FA to scrap dedicated women’s football department amid political shake-up
Following a political shakeup at the Chinese FA, additional departments for youth football are to be established and a dedicated division...