Chinese Super League
Pub Talk: The names change but the Chinese football game remains the same + Shanghai Derby dominates
Like salmon returning from the Atlantic, leaping up whitewater rapids to spawn in a Scottish loch, your wondering pundits are back in the Pub after a...
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Features
/ 5 years agoRead Chinese Football’s 50-point reform plan in full – exclusive translation
Last year saw the release of a comprehensive football reform plan from the Chinese government which gained widespread international attention and...
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Chinese Super League
/ 8 years agoWEF Exclusive Interview: Ian Walker
Shanghai Shenhua have been CSL news central this year, from the high publicity signings of Drogba, Anelka and Giovanni Moreno, to...
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Features
/ 8 years agoThe Whistles: A (somewhat) fictional story of a night on the road
What follows is meant as a semi-fictional account of one awayday. Any similarities to certain incidents is coincidental and all the...
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Features
/ 9 years agoExclusive: “The CFA tried to make me cut my long hair” – 1996 foreign pioneer speaks out
In an absolutely remarkable exclusive interview with one of the first Western footballers to play in the Chinese Football League, pioneering...
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Chinese Super League
/ 9 years agoAnelka: “Shenhua doesn’t trust me” – exclusive translation
Yesterday Shenhua were in the international news headlines yet again, when Anelka threatened to leave Shenhua, ostensibly over the imminent arrival...
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Bizarre
/ 9 years agoWEF Special: The bizarre downfall of Jean Tigana
International media interest in Shanghai Shenhua is peaking once again, this time over the Jean Tigana saga. gives the definitive word...
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Features
/ 9 years agoLooking At the Parallel Problems in Chinese Football and Basketball
A self-made owner, crazy about sports (some would say just plain crazy), likes to meddle in team management and decisions, and...
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Asia
/ 9 years agoGrassroots Pioneer Tom Byer Talks Soccer in China
Tom Byer is arguably the greatest pioneer of grassroots football this century. Situated at the heart of Japanese football’s rise Tomsan...
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Fan Culture
/ 9 years agoTen Reasons to Follow Your Local CSL Club
Editor’s note: While there have been a ton of posts on this site, there are few that are as important as...