To take China to the Fifa World Cup, focus on teen exports, not imports
I believe it is difficult to get foreigners to play for China because of immigration policy hurdles. But I do think China should spend more money on sending their teenage footballers overseas to receive better training, rather than hire expensive coaches.
An applicant for Chinese citizenship has to show strong relations to the country, and one requirement is that they have a close relative who is Chinese. Ethnic minority players from overseas cannot easily satisfy this criterion.
Changing this law could also bring many social problems, particularly in terms of security and welfare expenses for China, which is already a vast nation with a population of nearly 1.4 billion.
The easiest way to bring hope to the Chinese national football team would be to actually send our young footballers overseas for training.