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Peter Simpson

Peter Simpson

Peter Simpson is a China-UK based journalist and the SCMP’s former Beijing 2008 Olympics news editor. He has covered major international news and sporting events, most recently the London 2012 Olympics and Euro 2012 in Poland and Ukraine. Peter is a Premier League season ticket holder at newly promoted Southampton FC.
Peter Simpson is a China-UK based journalist and the SCMP’s former Beijing 2008 Olympics news editor. He has covered major international news and sporting events, most recently the London 2012 Olympics and Euro 2012 in Poland and Ukraine. Peter is a Premier League season ticket holder at newly promoted Southampton FC.

‘Not in my backyard’: China’s controversial new embassy in London

Royal Mint Court, the Tower Hamlets site chosen for China’s new London embassy. Photo: Handout

Beijing’s 2018 purchase of the Royal Mint Court was welcomed, but the intervening years have seen the British view of China sour and residents and councillors have vowed to make their disapproval known.

Chinese artist and author takes rightful place in British history

Rita Keene Lester and Professor Da Zheng, Chiang’s biographer, at the plaque’s unveiling in Oxford, Britain, on June 26. Photo: Peter Simpson

Chiang Yee, the Jiangxi-born writer of the Silent Traveller series of books, showed wartime Britons a unique view of China. He is honoured by a blue plaque on the facade of the Oxford house in which he lodged, lived and worked for 15 years.

Questions raised over Chinese ownership of Southampton as EPL probes takeover

Southampton supporters are concerned about the Chinese ownership of their club. Photo: Peter Simpson

China’s Gao Jisheng’s ownership in question with the club currently sitting 17th in the Premier League standings

What does Brexit mean for the Chinese in Northern Ireland?

Anna Lo on the Falls Road, in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Photo: Peter Simpson

Anna Lo, the Hong Kong-born former Alliance Party politician, talks backstop, borders and the Democratic Unionist Party.

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Chinese Labour Corps: the first world war’s forgotten army

Chinese Labour Corps: the first world war’s forgotten army, all but airbrushed out of history

Airbrushed out of history for most of a century, China’s human contribution to the Great War is finally getting the recognition it deserves

Pink Floyd in Pompeii: exhibition explores band’s 1971 Italian trip

Psychedelic rockers’ performance at the preserved Roman city recalled in showcase of photos and memorabilia – and music

Psychedelic rockers’ performance at the preserved Roman city recalled in showcase of photos and memorabilia – and music

Opinion | Gagging order at English golf club backfires on Chinese owners

Patrons of Wentworth Club have been locked in a drawn-out battle with the club’s new owners in recent years. Photo: Reuters

Premier League prize-money permutations guarantee fiery finale

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger is hoping he can snatch a top-four finish. Photo: Reuters

United’s Old Trafford bore draws sum up drab Premier League

Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho gestures during the Premier League match against Swansea at Old Trafford. Photo: EPA

Home and Away | Never-say-die: Leyton Orient are down but not out

Leyton Orient fans collect money outside the ground. Photo: Reuters
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Home and Away | Death, taxes and football’s greed the three certainties in life

Newcastle United managing director Lee Charnley (right), pictured with owner Mike Ashley, is under investigation. Photo: AFP

Home and Away | Seagulls seek to ruffle feathers of Premier League’s eagles

Brighton and Hove Albion fans celebrate their team’s return to the Premier League. Photo: AP

Home and Away | Tottenham Hotspur’s Dele Alli must temper fire to forge greatness

Tottenham Hotspurs’ Dele Alli and Watford’s Heurelho Gomes. Photo: Reuters

Home and Away | Football must slap down the PC brigade and their outcries

Sunderland manager David Moyes. Photo: Reuters
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Home and Away | Book Belgian crusader Bosman for his part in Brexit

Jean-Marc Bosman has had a bigger impact on the game than Cristiano Ronaldo (above) and Lionel Messi, thanks to his judicial challenge of football transfer rules. Photo: AFP

Home and Away | Players, not fans, should cough up to save football’s heritage

Leyton Orient’s club assets total £5.5 million. Photo: AFP

Home and Away | The blurred line between racial hatred and good honest fun

Tottenham Hotspurs’ Son Heung-min celebrates scoring against Millwall with teammate Dele Alli. Photo: EPA

Home and Away | Beaten and bruised by Russian desire for a hooligans’ league

An England fan evades a smoke grenade thrown by riot French police during clashes with Russian supporters. Photo: EPA

Home and Away | Will a lack of video replays really kill the football star?

Southampton's Manolo Gabbiadini looks dejected after his goal was disallowed. Photo: Reuters

Home and Away | Southampton hope to add to a week of shocks

Southampton players applaud their fans after their League Cup semi-final victory over Liverpool. Photo: AFP

Opinion | Football must resist calls from scaremongers for heading ban

Zlatan Ibrahimovic heads the ball to score against St-Etienne but is ruled offside. Photo: AFP

Home and Away | Defeat by Hull could see Wenger chased from the Emirates

An Arsenal fan holds up a banner calling on manager Arsene Wenger to quit. Photo: AFP
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Home and Away | No comfort for Chinese club fans after bargain basement raid

Odion Ighalo signed for Changchun Yatai for an eye-watering £20 million. Photo: Reuters

Home and Away | Set an example and throw the book at Arsene Wenger

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger clashes with fourth official Anthony Taylor before being sent to the stands. Photo: Reuters

Home and Away | United top Real in soccer’s rich list but China misses cut

Jose Mourinho’s Manchester United are back on top of soccer’s rich list. Photo: Reuters

Home and Away | World Cup expansion no more than a money-grabbing ruse

Fifa President Gianni Infantino says World Cup expansion is also about development. Photo: EPA

Home and Away | A baddie ref is vital to the football pantomime

Premier League official Mike Dean often takes up the role of pantomime bad guy. Photo: Reuters

Home and Away | Clattenburg should book CSL for trying to buy credibility

The Chinese Super League is hoping to lure referee Mark Clattenburg. Photo: Reuters

Home and Away | Alan Pardew’s Palace sacking came with smiles all around

Alan Pardew is sacked by Crystal Palace but left with praise for the club and its owners. Photo: AFP

Home and Away | Wisdom is wasted on football’s elderly white men

The England national team have been left in the hands of new coach Gareth Southgate, who was appointed permanent coach on December 1. Photo: AFP
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