Attending a Shanghai Shenhua Match: A First Time Visitor’s Guide

You’re aboard elevated metro line 3. The train climbs away from ground level at Shanghai Railway station and snakes through the...

Following Asian Cup performance, football in China faces reforms

The Chinese national team put in a surprise performance at the 2015 Asian Cup in Australia, losing 2-0 to hosts and...

Cheng: Moving matches to the Bird’s Nest would be big mistake

Beijing Guoan is considering playing some of it’s 2015 matches, perhaps including the Asian Champions League matches, at the empty, soulless...

Cheng: Zhou Liang scandal shows line always moving when it comes to regionalism in China

PPTV commentator Zhou Liang had to issue a public apology and was removed from his position after using the deragatory term...

Cheng: Was Saturday the end of the Beijing-Jiangsu special relationship?

There are many oddities involved in Chinese football, one such example is the “special relationship” that exists between Beijing Guoan and...