Soccer fan Rowan Simons arrived in China in 1987 to study at Beijing Foreign Studies University. Photo: Tom Wang Soccer fan Rowan Simons arrived in China in 1987 to study at Beijing Foreign Studies University. Photo: Tom Wang
Soccer fan Rowan Simons arrived in China in 1987 to study at Beijing Foreign Studies University. Photo: Tom Wang
China /  People & Culture

Amateur soccer kicks on in Beijing, with Englishman’s help

Rowan Simons is also taking football coaching, combined with language lessons, into capital’s schools

Liu Zhen
Liu Zhen

Updated: 2:54pm, 20 Jul, 2018

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Soccer fan Rowan Simons arrived in China in 1987 to study at Beijing Foreign Studies University. Photo: Tom Wang Soccer fan Rowan Simons arrived in China in 1987 to study at Beijing Foreign Studies University. Photo: Tom Wang
Soccer fan Rowan Simons arrived in China in 1987 to study at Beijing Foreign Studies University. Photo: Tom Wang
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