In this essay, Charles Xu exposes these narratives for the new Cold War propaganda they are. At the same time, he draws from valuable left analysis of the Olympic movement’s historical imbrication with white supremacy to explore China’s fraught relationship with international sports.
Football/soccer was invented in China, but China's Super League is a pale imitation of European and even other asian premier football leagues. China needs more football club leagues.
According to FIFA (Federation Internationale de Football Association), the earliest form of football (soccer) was played in China and it was dated back to centuries. The game was called cuju and it was played as the same way as soccer- without using hands or arms and a player had to kick the ball through two goal posts to score a goal where the ball was made of leather.
Football/soccer was invented in China, but China's Super League is a pale imitation of European and even other asian premier football leagues. China needs more football club leagues.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football_in_Asia
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That is the first paragraph of the linked wiki.
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