Written by Travis Klingberg. People used to think of Panzhihua, Sichuan, as an industrial city. Steel making is in its bones and is the reason it was constructed from scratch in the mid–1960s. It is also the reason for its location along the Jinsha River. Panzhihua’s mountains are […]
Written by Xiaoming Zhong and Jiangnan Zhu. The 19th Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) demonstrated President Xi Jinping’s political achievements and firm leadership in the past five years. In the first plenary meeting of the 19th Congress on 25 October, Xi accomplished a successful leadership reshuffle […]
Written by Simon Chadwick. It may have appeared for some time now to be all quiet on the Chinese football front, the frenzied activity of the last two years having seemingly come to an end. And with the 2016/2017 season just over, and the last Communist Party Congress […]
Written by David Cockayne. When we think of China and football recent well-publicised developments come to mind. These might include: Investments from China’s private sector in European clubs; President Xi’s various statements of footballing intent; or the substantial fees paid by Chinese football clubs for foreign players in […]
Written by Remy Davison. No surprises: the Foreign Policy White Paper from Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade is about trade, not guns. Unlike Defence, DFAT is about quiet diplomacy, not security dilemmas. So this is no reprise of the 2009 Defence White Paper, which infamously canvassed the “China […]
Written by Sascha L. Schmidt. It is a no-brainer, the Chinese soccer market offers huge growth potential for European soccer clubs. But Chinese consumer behaviour is very different to what we have come to expect from consumers in Western soccer markets. For example, 90% of Chinese Internet users […]
Written by Keunsu Han. There is little doubt that in analysis of China by parameters such as size, economic potential, abundant culture, history and tradition, the word “powerhouse” is appropriate. China has definitely become one of the world’s important destinations for tourism and business alike.
