In 2011, the Chinese President Xi Jinping, dreamt of a Chinese national football team: “participating in a World Cup,” “hosting the World Cup,” and, most ambitiously, “becoming World Cup champions”. But after years of investment into the Chinese domestic league, racking up billions of dollars of debt in the process, the positivity of half a decade earlier has evaporated almost as soon as it appeared. Why did the president want to develop football? Was he overly ambitious? And what has happened t

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Figure skaters from the Chinese national team proved their dominance at the Chinese Figure Skating Championship in Changchun, northeastern Jilin Province, on Sunday. The national team skaters took home all of the competition's major titles, including men's singles, women's singles, pair skating and ice dancing. | CGTN

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All Chinese Teams Arrive at Venues for International Army Games All of the Chinese military's 17 teams, together with their weapons and equipment, had arrived by Tuesday at the venues for the International Army Games (IAG) 2021 in Russia, Belarus, Uzbekistan, and Iran. https://www.cctvplus.com/news/20210818/8219597.shtml#!language=1 | CCTV