Apr 8, 2023 · In 2011, around a year before becoming the country’s leader, Xi Jinping outlined a vision to turn China from a footballing minnow to a soccer superpower. He set his sights on the …

1 day ago · Senior party-state leaders have responded to the unsatisfactory state of Chinese football after the Beijing Summer Olympics. In an interview, Xi Jinping, who was then Vice …

1 day ago · This concluding chapter summarises the main findings of the study on the institutional changes and political steering of Chinese football in the Xi Jinping era. It confirms the shift …

Sep 6, 2024 · TOKYO (AP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping is reported to be a big soccer fan, and he promised in a 2015 document to resuscitate the men’s national team, damaged by …

1 day ago · The introductory chapter argued that institutional changes in the sense of ‘top-level design’ and a corresponding concentration of political steering capacities at the highest …

Apr 12, 2023 · A year before the ardent football fan Xi Jinping became China’s president, he had already made it clear that decades of underachievement in the sport by the world’s most …

Mar 28, 2021 · Xi Jinping, a lifelong soccer fan, hoped to marshal China’s collective spirit behind “the beautiful game.” In reality, he welcomed a fleet of vultures to feast on it.

Nov 4, 2022 · Chinese President Xi Jinping has recently cemented his political power and now he wants to turn China into a football heavyweight. However, social and cultural obstacles are in …

Dec 7, 2024 · China dreams of being a global football powerhouse by 2050 and aims to build a national team capable of winning the World Cup. And it is no secret that President Xi Jinping …

Jan 30, 2024 · After China’s top leader Xi Jinping declared a decade ago that he wanted the country to become a football superpower, billions of dollars were spent to lure top talent from …