China Market-shaping policy reforms: Insights from Chinese football sponsorship April 12, 2019 0 Written by David Cockayne. Today, China is not only one of the world’s fastest growing economies, but also, arguably, one of the most complex, interconnected…
China Two stories, one (national) team in crisis April 11, 2019 0 Written by Joshua I. Newman. The recent let-downs of the Chinese men’s national football team have been well documented across the international sports media landscape.…
China Foreign stars boost Chinese football attendance but weaken the stability of the league April 10, 2019 1 Written by Bo Li, Olan Scott and Jerred Junqi Wang. The Chinese Super League (CSL) is arguably one of the fastest growing professional leagues in…
China China’s awkward embrace of naturalised football players April 9, 2019 1 Written by Tobias Zuser. When looking at the team rosters of the recent World Cup and Asian Cup squads, it appears that the naturalisation of…
China Paolo Rossi and all that: Reflections on the origins of football fandom in China April 8, 2019 0 Written by Kaixiao Jiang and Alan Bairner. Chinese football fans’ interest in other nations’ football teams was formed earlier than their support for the Chinese…
China Women’s football in China: Bend it like Sun Wen? May 21, 2018 0 Written by Kayleigh Renberg-Fawcett. At the time of writing, general attitudes toward Chinese football inside China itself are far from positive. China, a country of…
China The development of football in China under Xi Jinping April 5, 2018 0 Written by Tien-Chin Tan and Alan Bairner. Why does Xi Jinping, the President of the People’s Republic of China (PRC), emphasise the importance of football…
China History of the People’s Republic of China and FIFA March 9, 2018 0 Written by Layne Vandenberg. Although the People’s Republic of China has recently emerged as a prominent player on the international football stage, its connections in the…
China Who is the Chinese soccer consumer and why do Chinese watch soccer? March 2, 2018 0 Written by Sascha L. Schmidt. Although China is still a developing soccer market, it is attractive. Currently, 237 million Chinese consider soccer their “favorite sport”;…
China What will China’s World Cup look like? January 22, 2018 0 Written by Simon Chadwick. As another month has passed, so another Chinese corporation has become a FIFA sponsor. In December, China’s second-biggest dairy firm, China…
