The Underachievers: Why Does China Fail at Football?

Has deep-seated corruption and a lack of a solid grassroots movement caused the county to fall out of love with the beautiful game?

by Lars James Hamer, 16 June 2022

Unpaid Chinese Footballers Deliver Food to Make Ends Meet

Players at CSL club Chongqing Liangjiang Athletic Football Club refused to train after not being paid for 16 months and working part-time jobs to make ends meet.

by Lars James Hamer, 20 May 2022

China Football Expert Cameron Wilson on the Crisis in the Game

Wild East Football founder on his disillusionment with the game.

by Ned Kelly, 12 March 2021

Sporting Events Set to Resume in China

The General Administration of Sport made the announcement around the same time the NBA in the US set its target date.

by Ryan Gandolfo, 02 June 2020

China's 5 Biggest Sports Losers in 2019

Welcome to our 2019 China Year in Review series.

by That's, 02 December 2019

UPDATE: Beijing Guo'an Coach Roger Schmidt Unceremoniously Sacked

Roger Schmidt has been dismissed as the Head Coach of Beijing Guo’an.

by Tom Lamming, 31 July 2019

5 Times the CSL Transfer Record Was Broken in 2016

Hey, big spenders....

by Ned Kelly, 19 December 2016

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