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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

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.

Latest from Peter Simpson

Questions continue to be raised over Chinese ownership of Southampton as Premier League probes takeover

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

13 Apr 2019 - 10:28PM

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

Questions continue to be raised over Chinese ownership of Southampton as Premier League probes takeover

Brexit has left Northern Ireland’s Chinese community confused and divided, much like the rest of Britain

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

22 Mar 2019 - 10:27AM

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

Brexit has left Northern Ireland’s Chinese community confused and divided, much like the rest of Britain

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

19 Nov 2018 - 2:54PM

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

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

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

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

16 Mar 2018 - 8:42PM

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

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

Opinion | Beijing-style gagging order to stop Wentworth Golf Club members speaking out backfires on Chinese owners

23 Jun 2017 - 5:37PM

Beijing-style gagging order to stop Wentworth Golf Club members speaking out backfires on Chinese owners

Show me the (prize) money: Premier League permutations guarantee fiery finale

20 Jul 2018 - 2:55PM

Show me the (prize) money: Premier League permutations guarantee fiery finale

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

20 Jul 2018 - 2:55PM

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

Home and Away | Never-say-die: Leyton Orient are down but not out after Football League relegation amid fan furore

20 Jul 2018 - 2:55PM

Never-say-die: Leyton Orient are down but not out after Football League relegation amid fan furore

Home and Away | Death, taxes and football’s greed the three certainties in life as Premier League clubs investigated

20 Jul 2018 - 2:55PM

Death, taxes and football’s greed the three certainties in life as Premier League clubs investigated

Home and Away | Seagulls seek to ruffle feathers of Premier League’s high-fliers on long-awaited return to top flight

20 Jul 2018 - 2:55PM

Seagulls seek to ruffle feathers of Premier League’s high-fliers on long-awaited return to top flight

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

21 Apr 2017 - 5:15PM

Tottenham Hotspur dazzler Dele Alli must temper fire to forge greatness

Home and Away | Football must slap down the PC brigade and their synthetic outcries of moral outrage

17 Apr 2017 - 12:59PM

Football must slap down the PC brigade and their synthetic outcries of moral outrage

Home and Away | Player behind the Bosman rule should be booked for his part in Brexit

20 Jul 2018 - 2:55PM

Player behind the Bosman rule should be booked for his part in Brexit

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

20 Jul 2018 - 2:55PM

Megabucks players, not fans, should cough up to save football’s heritage

Home and Away | Has political correctness gone mad? The blurred line between inciting racial hatred and good honest fun

21 Mar 2017 - 2:08PM

Has political correctness gone mad? The blurred line between inciting racial hatred and good honest fun

Home and Away | A week of wonder beaten and bruised by Russian desire for a hooligans’ league

20 Jul 2018 - 2:55PM

A week of wonder beaten and bruised by Russian desire for a hooligans’ league

Home and Away | Will video replays really kill the football star after League Cup final controversy?

20 Jul 2018 - 2:55PM

Will video replays really kill the football star after League Cup final controversy?

Home and Away | Southampton aim to add more drama to a strange week in League Cup final

20 Jul 2018 - 8:46PM

Southampton aim to add more drama to a strange week in League Cup final

Opinion | Football must resist calls from scaremongers for heading ban after brain damage study

20 Jul 2018 - 8:46PM

Football must resist calls from scaremongers for heading ban after brain damage study

Home and Away | Defeat for Arsenal by Hull City could see Arsene Wenger chased from the Emirates Stadium

20 Jul 2018 - 8:46PM

Defeat for Arsenal by Hull City could see Arsene Wenger chased from the Emirates Stadium

Home and Away | No comfort for fans of Chinese clubs after another raid on the bargain basement of foreign players

20 Jul 2018 - 8:46PM

No comfort for fans of Chinese clubs after another raid on the bargain basement of foreign players

Home and Away | Book must be thrown at ‘The Professor’ Arsene Wenger if the kids are to learn respect

20 Jul 2018 - 8:46PM

Book must be thrown at ‘The Professor’ Arsene Wenger if the kids are to learn respect

Home and Away | Manchester United topple Real Madrid in soccer’s rich list but shopaholic Chinese clubs miss the cut

20 Jul 2018 - 8:46PM

Manchester United topple Real Madrid in soccer’s rich list but shopaholic Chinese clubs miss the cut

Home and Away | World Cup expansion is no more than a money-grabbing affront to the senses

20 Jul 2018 - 8:46PM

World Cup expansion is no more than a money-grabbing affront to the senses

Home and Away | Oh yes he is! A baddie ref is vital to the football pantomime

20 Jul 2018 - 8:46PM

Oh yes he is! A baddie ref is vital to the football pantomime

Home and Away | Top referee Mark Clattenburg should book Chinese Super League for trying to buy credibility

20 Jul 2018 - 8:46PM

Top referee Mark Clattenburg should book Chinese Super League for trying to buy credibility

Home and Away | Sacked with a smile – Alan Pardew gives season’s greetings to Crystal Palace’s axe swinger

20 Jul 2018 - 8:46PM

Sacked with a smile – Alan Pardew gives season’s greetings to Crystal Palace’s axe swinger

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

20 Jul 2018 - 8:46PM

Wisdom is wasted on football’s elderly white men

Home and Away | The taxman is cometh for off-shore banking Premier League players shaming football’s image

20 Jul 2018 - 2:54PM

The taxman is cometh for off-shore banking Premier League players shaming football’s image

Home and Away | The world of sport could do without the curse of Lady Luck as Chapecoense tragedy triggers reflection of other disasters

20 Jul 2018 - 2:54PM

The world of sport could do without the curse of Lady Luck as Chapecoense tragedy triggers reflection of other disasters