Thanassis Stavrakis/AP January 30, 2024 China wanted to become a football powerhouse to inspire the nation. Instead, its team has been an embarrassment Ye Xue, University of Alberta and Minran Liu, University of Sydney Chinese football has been through many ups and downs over the past three decades. Is a return to a top-down government approach the right answer?
Imaginechina/AP October 15, 2021 Will the Evergrande crisis doom China’s grandiose, big-spending football dreams? Ye Xue, Australian National University One major Chinese football club has already collapsed. With Evergrande’s current financial crisis, the country’s most successful – and biggest-spending – club could be next.
Yui Mok/PA Wire/PA Images January 18, 2019 Why the era of Chinese football clubs splashing big money on international stars is over Simon Chadwick, University of Salford Rumours that West Ham’s Marko Arnautovic is heading to China in a multi-million pound deal are a classic symptom of the transfer window.