https://thenanfang.com/china-makes-football-mandatory-in-schools-as-it-dreams-of-championships/ Daily news and views from China. Thu, 04 Aug 2016 07:49:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.5.3 https://thenanfang.com/china-makes-football-mandatory-in-schools-as-it-dreams-of-championships/#comment-10591 Thu, 31 Jul 2014 06:44:00 +0000 http://www.thenanfang.com/blog/?p=28173#comment-10591 It’s a start, but even quadrupling the number of schools will still be far short of what is necessary. There’s no indication that Xi wants China to qualify for the World Cup BEFORE hosting it, but I’m beginning to wonder how much he really likes football versus knowing a competitive Chinese team would boost their soft power push: http://chinasportsinsider.com/2014/07/15/how-much-does-xi-jinping-really-like-soccer/

]]> https://thenanfang.com/china-makes-football-mandatory-in-schools-as-it-dreams-of-championships/#comment-10589 Thu, 31 Jul 2014 02:10:00 +0000 http://www.thenanfang.com/blog/?p=28173#comment-10589 This is a very very good thing. Not just for China’s hopes of having a real sports team on the world stage, but also to promote sports and healthy living. There is a severe lack of enjoyment in playing sports here, that definitely needs to change when football fields, pools and parks are everywhere.

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