President Xi Jinping (second from left) and his wife Peng Liyuan (left) watch an under-12 soccer game with German Chancellor Angela Merkel (third from left), in Berlin last week. Xi’s love of the game is well known. Photo: EPA President Xi Jinping (second from left) and his wife Peng Liyuan (left) watch an under-12 soccer game with German Chancellor Angela Merkel (third from left), in Berlin last week. Xi’s love of the game is well known. Photo: EPA
President Xi Jinping (second from left) and his wife Peng Liyuan (left) watch an under-12 soccer game with German Chancellor Angela Merkel (third from left), in Berlin last week. Xi’s love of the game is well known. Photo: EPA
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Xi Jinping’s 2050 World Cup soccer dream: where China has got it wrong

Mark Dixon says China’s ambition to win the most important game in the world may just come true, but it should stop focusing on buying the big-name soccer clubs and instead invest in the smaller ones on a massive scale

Topic |   Xi Jinping
Mark Dixon

Updated: 2:55pm, 20 Jul, 2018

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President Xi Jinping (second from left) and his wife Peng Liyuan (left) watch an under-12 soccer game with German Chancellor Angela Merkel (third from left), in Berlin last week. Xi’s love of the game is well known. Photo: EPA President Xi Jinping (second from left) and his wife Peng Liyuan (left) watch an under-12 soccer game with German Chancellor Angela Merkel (third from left), in Berlin last week. Xi’s love of the game is well known. Photo: EPA
President Xi Jinping (second from left) and his wife Peng Liyuan (left) watch an under-12 soccer game with German Chancellor Angela Merkel (third from left), in Berlin last week. Xi’s love of the game is well known. Photo: EPA
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