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“In China, the more emphasis the leader places on soccer, the more nervous the society gets, the more power the bureaucrats get, and the more corrupt they become,” Zhang adds.FIEL - Then Vice President Xi Jinping of the People’s Republic of China kicks a football during visit to Croke Park Stadium, Dublin, Ireland on Feb. 19, 2012. (AP Photo/Brendan Moran, Pool, File)

FIEL - Then Vice President Xi Jinping of the People’s Republic of China kicks a football during visit to Croke Park Stadium, Dublin, Ireland on Feb. 19, 2012. (AP Photo/Brendan Moran, Pool, File)After China defeated Thailand 2-1 in 2023, Xi joked with Srettha Thavisin, the Thai prime minister at the time. “I feel luck was a big part of it,” Xi said.The consensus is clear. China has too few quality players at the grass roots, too much political interference from the Communist Party, and there’s

Wang Xiaolei, another prominent Chinese commentator, suggests that soccer clashes with China’s top-down governance and the emphasis on rote learning.“What are we best at? Dogma,” Wang wrote in a blog last year. “But football cannot be dogmatic. What are we worst at? Inspiring ingenuity, and cultivating passion.”

The latest chapter in China’s abysmal men’s soccer history was a 7-0 loss last year to geopolitical rival

“The fact that this defeat can happen and people aren’t that surprised — despite the historical animosity — just illustrates the problems facing football in China,” says Cameron Wilson, a Scot who has worked in China for 20 years and written extensively about the game there.for its highest average since 30,042 in 2017. MLB could finish with an average increase in three straight years not impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic for the first time since 2004-07.

While MLB is not concerned about Trump administration tariffs raising the cost of big league baseballs, which are manufactured in Costa Rica, the impact on minor league balls is a concern.“The minor league baseball is made in China. That’s more of an issue,” Manfred said.

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