An employee works at Energy Vault on Tuesday, May 27, 2025, in Calistoga, Calif., where the company is building an emergency power system using hydrogen and battery storage. (AP Photo/Annika Hammerschlag)
The consensus is clear. China has too few quality players at the grass roots, too much political interference from the Communist Party, and there’sWang 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.
China has qualified for only one men’s World Cup. That was 2002 when it went scoreless and lost all three matches. Soccer’s governing body FIFA places China at No. 94 in its rankings — behind war-torn Syria and ahead of No. 95 Benin.Japan’s Takumi Minamino and China’s Liu Yangyi compete for the ball during a World Cup and AFC Asian Qualifier between Japan and China at Saitama Stadium 2002 in Saitama, north of Tokyo, on Sept. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama, File)
Japan’s Takumi Minamino and China’s Liu Yangyi compete for the ball during a World Cup and AFC Asian Qualifier between Japan and China at Saitama Stadium 2002 in Saitama, north of Tokyo, on Sept. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama, File)
is the smallest country to reach the World Cup. Its latest population estimate is almost 400,000.Las tormentas severas son capaces de alterar las comunicaciones de radio y GPS.
Se prevé que el periodo activo del Sol dure al menos hasta finales de este año, aunque faltan meses para saber cuándo alcanzará su pico de actividad solar, según la NASA y la NOAA.Las tormentas solares pueden traer más que luces coloridas a la Tierra.
Cuando las partículas y el plasma de rápido movimiento chocan con el campo magnético de la Tierra, pueden interrumpir temporalmente la red eléctrica. El clima espacial también puede interferir con el control de tráfico aéreo por radio y los satélites en órbita.En 1859, una severa tormenta solar provocó auroras en sitios tan al sur como Hawai y prendió fuego a las líneas de telégrafo en un evento raro. Y una tormenta solar de 1972 puede haber detonado minas marinas magnéticas de Estados Unidos frente a la costa de Vietnam.