China Is out of the 2018 Russia World Cup—but Its Businesses Are Not
China is not sending a team to the 2018 Russia World Cup, to the dismay of fans. But the country’s businesses are not going to miss the world’s most popular sports event.
China Imposes 100% Tax on Foreign Star Signings in Bid for World Cup Glory
The country's President Xi Jinping is hoping the Asian superpower will host - and one day win - the global football tournament.
China’s Top Football Team Vows to Phase out Foreign Players
Fans worry beautiful game could lose luster if Guangzhou Evergrande makes good on pledge
President Xi’s Great Chinese Soccer Dream
The 48 soccer fields of the vast Evergrande Football School in south China seem barely enough for its 2,800 students. Against a backdrop of school spires that seem modeled on Hogwarts, the young athletes swarm onto the fields nearly every day,...
China Could Win World Cup Within 10 Years, Says Sven-Göran Eriksson
Ex-England manager says huge investment starting to pay off as Xi Jinping vows to turn China into footballing superpower.