China's President Xi Jinping is football obsessed

[@simonbawi21]

Love how the kids didn’t hesitate to say how bad the players are 😂😂

[@evand.9293]

Simon Bawi it’s not North Korea, they can say what they want😂.

[@kaisen5669]

Major Ramen Vlogz why did you need to bring North Korea up

[@blueflames3105]

@@kaisen5669 because there are people who always think that China is like North Korea

[@PotatoGawds]

i like their attitudes. good kids. they are the future of chinese football

[@kaisen5669]

@杨健 Mate what are you on about. Like what are you talking about, it doesn't have anything to do with the comment chains conversation probably wrong comment in wrong area. Like why bring up Singapore.

[@dawuid1491]

“Because Chinese man's football really sucks.” I'm so glad you cleared that up lol.

[@TheMircool]

It can be a short video...

[@campkira]

They just not very good and the football fan is terrible. Guess the china will fall due to football.

[@dgscholar]

campkira that’s really unlikely to happen.

[@fgsddsgf3058]

They meant the female team is whole lot better

[@daremeyo1041]

@@fgsddsgf3058 I think its actually worst

[@kmturley1]

4:31 is that a coach KICKING one of the kids??! (at the bottom of the screen)

[@v7w37]

😂

[@jimmyhaotran123]

The coach is kicking asses! Xd

[@STNG17-]

That's kinda normal in Asia, especially in China lol

[@jimmyhaotran123]

@@STNG17- especially in Vietnam, said by my parents.

[@whitecat1441]

beating up kids is normal in asia cuz in give obedience but at a cost of mental psychological.

[@obsidianstatue]

most of the time for football to succeed, you either need to be a traditional football power house that is economically rich per capita, like Germany, or you need to be poor and stuck in the middle income trap like Brazil. Rich countries like Germany uses their financial power, and a well developed system to scout for the best talents, and form the best tactics, a richer society also gives their youth less burden in schools, and their education system encourages extracurricular sports. Which results in a constantly good football team. Poorer countries like Brazil who is stuck in the middle income trap, has a huge population that are stuck in poverty, due to economic stagnation, most of these children and their families do not see a way out of poverty through academic achievements, this plus the obvious huge passion the Brazilians have for football, have created an incredible amount of grassroots players who honed their skills on the streets. China on the other hand is stuck between the 2 types, China does not have a tradition of professional football industry, plus the Chinese families do not see Football as a proper pursuit of a career, I remember when I was a kid, another boy who lived in the same apartment complex went to a football academy, and people including my parents would always say, he only goes there because he's bad at study. Plus a fast growing economy, people would always prefer their kids to do well in school and get a proper job. To put it simply, Chinese parents love to watch football, but never allows their kids to play football professionally. So China's strategy of embedding football into the school curriculum is the right move, they can even study from the American sports scholarship system, to attract football talents into universities.

[@haanpham4667]

well, it is good to know... I don't see a reason why Football need to be no1 sport. anyway, e-sport is taking over traditional sport..

[@izzulhaziq4898]

@@haanpham4667 well eventho I do like esports, football is just whole new level tbh. The stadium, the team, the manager, the chants, the club, the country and that feeling of a goal is just so cosmic.

[@haanpham4667]

@@izzulhaziq4898 I did not mean to promote e-sport. I just want to say football is just "a sport", it does not have to be the most favored one. You can have stadium, team, manager, chants, nationalism/citi-ism/whatever, etc... in any sport ( even esport) , ...

[@iche9373]

Germany 7-1 Brazil

[@sinhalalion1806]

@@haanpham4667 I dont know anyone who watches E-Sports lol, only Koreans and a few American nerds watch that.

[@zainalmustaqim5379]

I thought they have the best football team - the Shaolin soccer team?

[@fridgemagnet9831]

Lol

[@winnieqian2382]

hahahaha LMAOOOOO

[@nankdug9195]

They are too old now.....

[@dakaybelouis]

lmfaooooo

[@AlmightyAaron0423]

Zainal Mustaqim not anymore since Fifa banned kungfu.

[@lunafreyafleuret9986]

the kids imitating neymar 😂

[@johnwick-uo8vt]

well, better than spending money on a useless wall.

[@eddiesim1801]

Stupid guy

[@mansuperr9192]

Johnny Tran lol at least they can earn lost of money from the wall

[@joebowden4065]

Johnny Tran yeah cos the Mexicans are raiding and literally invading the US are they?

[@hwg5039]

@Johnny Tran No the Great Wall was extremely useful back in ancient times, now it is just a touristic spot

[@nihleigleca6702]

@Altair Sheeh, don't break it for the Muricans, they would lose their minds.

[@政斌-x8k]

Lmao never underestimate though, look at China in the Olympics. People used to doubt them.

[@adolfhitler2026]

@kimi China is great in summer but sucks in winter. China doesn't hog medals like the US does in events like swimming.

[@syahmisyahiranahmadridzuan1331]

@@adolfhitler2026 yes but they dominate in women's diving.

[@Songmyz]

Ping Pong isn't a sport.

[@1nfamoussoldier359]

@kimi Ok there, they won majority of the weight lifting events idiot

[@1nfamoussoldier359]

@@Songmyz Yes it is moron. It's called Table Tennis. China dominated the 2008 olympics

[@dingo4079]

better to play football than playing with their phones

[@050-ghiffaryramadhana9]

yas!!

[@NightcorEDM]

yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! alkdsjkalsd

[@hwg5039]

The thing is, you can play on your phone alone, but you need so many people to play a football game

[@dingo4079]

@@hwg5039 NEED more people? In China? Are you okay?

[@hwg5039]

@@dingo4079 Do you really think it's easy to organise a group of football players in the same time at the same place?

[@pujanadhikari547]

You cant overlook the fact that they have planned and are following the plan upto 2050,30 years from now.Thats amazing.

[@hectorvaldez542]

Well yea because they only have one party of course they can follow a long term plan like that.

[@xiijinpingthesupremeleader1349]

@@hectorvaldez542 🤣🤣😅😅

[@SPZ909]

Being able to have a long term outlook is a big advantage of a one-party state. This is where Western nations fall short because the ruling party changes every 4-5 years and the different parties heavily disagree on long term policies and issues.

[@LeechUFC]

@@hectorvaldez542 long term plans have nothing to do with parties. Non-elected officials and ministries oversea projects like this. All handled by employed staff. Just like how environmental goals are handled by a nation’s ministry of environment or national climate orgs

[@jonaspereira007]

Success in football is due to some factors combined. You need the passion for the game that people have in Europe, Africa and South America that makes the kids want to play all day. And then you need to have good football academies, like in France, Germany, Portugal,... If China has these two qualities they can succeed in football.

[@felipealvesdourado1584]

In China, the second point will create the first one in about 10 years

[@leoaphithawatkamata1668]

Come on you don’t mention Asia ? In Japan and South Korea or even Iran they play football with passion and there leagues are strong.China just different case

[@gauravkumarjain1537]

Though China exceeds in individual sports in Olympics...but due to communist regime their sense of unity is ruined....hence the reason china never performs well in sports involving teamspirit...

[@hyprolxag]

jonaspereira007 it is different. People crazily love football but never let their kid pursue a professional career

[@despapitoxaa6331]

Japan or even South Korea is good at football China is just.... China

[@xxyy1282]

People are laughing at Chinese football now....but they won't be laughing in 20 years

[@despapitoxaa6331]

maybe next 50 years.

[@asdawdwads9497]

Im Chinese and I dont see football getting better, it starting to become a meme

[@McFlashh]

Bro in 20 years they still won’t be a super power in football. They are literally forcing kids to play football. Whereas kids in Brazil, Argentina, France, Spain, England etc grow up playing football for fun and actually fall in love with the beautiful game.

[@ufo717212]

When I was a kid, I was always dreaming of playing football on a professional pitch. It finally becomes reality in China nowadays. Campus football is good start to get everyone involved in this beautiful sport rather than just watching it from TV. China has a huge football fan population, but its pro footballer population is tiny. For most working class families watching football is a joy, but sending kids to football academy is a risky decision. Big money pouring into CSL and youth academies may improve the situation gradually. A strong and competitive CSL benefits the growth of Chinese footballers. Wu Lei is such a example. He won the champion, MVP, and golden boot of CSL in 2018. Without any penalty, he beat world class strikers like Hulk, Pato, and Bakambo. Now he earns a starter position in La Liga. I wish he can succeed in Spain and inspire more and more football kids in China.

[@sergio9722]

The fact Is that chinese players must find good opportunities in europea football the most, only there they can really improbe,and not only by skills,but Also personality,you Need to be nasty for play football sometimes

[@irfanadam2163]

Chinese football suck

[@matteodesimio9450]

Quartz, you gained one more subscriber, I'm honoured to be in your team. I'm Brazilian, the love for Chinese people comes from long decades back. Such as President Jimping, I'm a football lover. Chineses, remember that we Brazilians team lost by 7 to 1 to Germany in the world Cup. Lessons to learn. My special love to the girls' team, lovely team. Quartz, you are my lucky day. Thanks!!!

[@matteodesimio9450]

Dear Mia, you are very kind. China always transcends!!!

[@evl619]

Winnie-the-Pooh doesn't take losing lightly...

[@政斌-x8k]

Gulag time

[@evl619]

Yet "He Who Must Not Be Named".

[@steven1898]

Very good reddit. Another witty one.

[@winnieqian2382]

who is talking about me

[@brocklee5916]

They even banned Winnie the Pooh show in China because the stupid Chinese president got offended. What a kid, can’t even handle a meme

[@sinhalalion1806]

Good luck to Chinese football from Sri Lanka :)

[@Q_QQ_Q]

lol

[@sinhalalion1806]

@@Q_QQ_Q What?

[@SauravStatingFacts]

@@sinhalalion1806 how's your hamabantotta

[@fgsddsgf3058]

The real issue here is, American need to call football football, a ball that you play with your foot, a football

[@proogenji7526]

J M yeah and the ball you hold with your hand and crush into each other should be called stupid ball

[@jrbb1837]

Why always America? Why not Australia or Japan?

[@fgsddsgf3058]

@@jrbb1837 Do they call it the same way, didn't even know, don't japan speak japanese?

[@jrbb1837]

J M ...the term sakkā (サッカー), derived from "soccer", is much more commonly used than futtobōru (フットボール). The JFA's Japanese name is Nippon Sakkā Kyōkai... Copied from Wikipedia

[@syed2194]

Why are you so obsessed over what we call it?

[@RayMak]

That's so amazing. I love football too

[@_d9374]

why are you everywhere

[@ajrcomps]

In EVERYWHERE i always find ur comment.

[@spiko-ou3bp]

Every single video

[@imnotlazy]

My guy

[@kleberson777]

you again !

[@anthonyyoussef01]

It's because he has XI in his name

[@hime2391]

0:41 The kids are literally smiling while saying the soccer team is garbage like....wtf😂

[@TheJoelLicious]

"King of football" that kid is cute! Hope he makes his dream come true!

[@derekhan120]

Footballs pretty much a joke in China, we think of the team as hot trash

[@honil.]

Whats particularly unappealing about programs like this is that the chinese government is so overt in their plans to use soft power as a neo colonialist tool. The way they also implement these programs is that they sistematize it in a way that sucks out the spirit of fun or spontaneity from sport, art, film or music or any other cultural activity

[@erozionzeall6371]

There is no way to take the passion out of football.

[@Xergecuz]

Kids in Mexico want to play football all day long, we used to play at school during recess, then we got home and we would play in the streets in the afternoon with our neighbors, and then during the weekend we would go and play in the city league, people in China want to make money not play football, same problem with kids in the US, they want to play videogames in the afternoon and the weekends, so I don't see it happening for China, they can still get better but I don't see them beating everyone else at it.

[@andrewlittle5343]

Bad Xerge oh yes you know what’s gonna happen from playing soccer at recess😂😂

[@Mike-bt3ki]

There's kids in China just like you too Lol kids from poorer regions. 300 million kids do you think non of them enjoy and passionately love the game of football?

[@syahmisyahiranahmadridzuan1331]

They made it mandatory though and they have bigger talent pool. The Brazilians also find that football is the the way to escape from poverty, same as Chinese drive to make money. There's no wonder why many young Brazilians went to CSL like Oscar & Talisca. Paulinho also went back to CSL even though he's got the ability to play in Barcelona.

[@hairynailss]

Bad Xerge Viva México! 🇲🇽 ❤️

[@charlesk4831]

1.3 billion and no one can play with the big boys

[@forzaitalia3046]

Emperor Xi JinPing is an embarrassment of everything he did. Last night Chinese football team was destroyed by Japanese counterpart 1:0, with only one shot off the goal, a week ago, Chinese were annihilated by Australian socceroos 3:0 at WorldCup qualification 2022.

[@phuocnguyenngoc7821]

When China wants something, they will do that, and football will not be an exception. Just see how many Chinese Olympics gold medalists are there.

[@anabellesanpedro7080]

China in soccer... TERRIBLE THEY INVEST ALOT IN FOOTBALL AND FAIL AT IT. THATS A WASTE OF MONEY.

[@CalebHeins]

Mandatory football programs in schools...sounds like exactly how you make a generation hate a sport

[@merc2413]

But china loves football lol, its the 2nd most popular sport, imagine once they are actually good

[@NomNomBenji]

MANDATORY! good thing I got out of that country

[@Inxective]

Okay, but are we gonna ignore that coach literally kicking that kid at 4:30??

[@abozt6397]

Wrong. He’s not obsessed with football. The Chinese people are. He just wants to use it as a propaganda tool

[@justlucky7471]

They already have plans for 2020, 2030 and 2050? Man they really think for the long run. In my country, politicians' plans starts elections and ends in elections. Short-termism. 🤣🤣🤣

[@Sardiatae]

What a perversion of the beautiful game.

[@crystaldrano]

You can teach kids how to kick the ball, but becoming good at football is mostly about time in the field. That's why the only way for succeeding is to set an environment in which kids get to play a lot and with good players, since you learn more through observation and practice with fellow players than from the coach. That means that, in order to achieve that final touch towards greatness, they need to mix chinese players with great players so that they can learn the craft. Making it an everyday social activity for the average chinese helps cement the football culture as well.

[@jebbo-c1l]

Football is an amazing sport, over the moon that so many young Chinese will get to enjoy it.

[@clairde]

Where the shaolin soccer squad at?

[@Nuurto3785]

Chinease football sucks? What about U.S they never win copa America. Shutdown lady.

[@bulink2581]

abdu aziz abdu rahman when American suck at football, they make their own football🤨

[@ronnypasaribu1797]

10 years ago no one expected Iceland to become giant killer in the Europe Cup.. but they managed football program since 2000 and look what Iceland Football team today... Iceland with dentist coach able to humiliate England. Hopefully China able to follow Iceland in thei football program.

[@covfefe1787]

Ronny Pasaribu they won’t forcing people to play will make them hate it causing the pro players to move out of China and play in Europe and nationally represent their adopted nations

[@oterenceo]

Isabel is so cute! There is a difference between Singapore and China. China would make the effort to develop their own native team. Singapore would just spend money and buy players from all other countries to win medals.

[@赖凯婧]

but they r same chinese just like me lol

[@despapitoxaa6331]

@@赖凯婧 what is your definition of Chinese ?

[@alex-qr6ci]

First they tried basketball now this

[@vipulbhatotia1415]

All the best to China from India.

[@eml69929]

They qualified in 2002 was because S. Korea and Japan were the World Cup hosts, not because they were any good. Football is super super terrible in China, period!!!

[@s0vhjfe4SA08adc9js]

If they want respect, the should slow down the genocide and stop censoring Winnie the Pooh movies

[@JamesPeach]

Which genocide?

[@unitheg6839]

you are so ill and pitiful

[@tdreamgmail]

Winnie the Pooh, then what's next Mein Kampf?! It's a slippery road! Actually Mein Kampf if probably required reading in secondary school there.

[@s0vhjfe4SA08adc9js]

@@JamesPeach take your pick. Hui, Falun gong, Uighur, Hui, Hakka

[@JamesPeach]

@@s0vhjfe4SA08adc9js Not only did you not give a current genocide, you also did not provide a past one. You also put Hui two times, lol.

[@BOGOTAROCKSTAR]

I like the team in Dalian. Abosolutely love the game and it's iron values. China on the right path

[@Discretement]

Im not president but I’m also obsessed with football

[@Joso997]

I suggest inventing a national sport like USA

[@trianglestomache6353]

I dream and look forward to the day, when the China national football team, can win the world cup.

[@veryverygentle]

The fans said: "Football officials" ...and yet you say people are blaming the government

[@dxelson]

It China anything "official" is the government.

[@veryverygentle]

@@dxelson says a Chinese?

[@robinyoungsylar]

@@veryverygentle I am a Chinese and I can confirm.

[@despapitoxaa6331]

@@robinyoungsylar dang. Is it really that bad? I mean....... corrupted?

[@robinyoungsylar]

@@despapitoxaa6331 Not as bad as outsiders imagine. Much improved these years. But privileges exist everywhere, I mean not only in China.

[@Vermilion2049]

It will take 10yrs to train the kids up. Don’t expect any results in the next 5yrs.

[@michaelman9358]

Not saying this video is dishonest, but there are some intentionally (or not) left out fact. I grew up in Beijing 3 to 12 yrs old. I rmb all of the kids in the neighborhood were just playing street soccer around 6 to 9... then at 10 yrs old we would start to go try outs for diff. Soccer schools in the city. I got accepted by a school ran by a retired famous player at 9, that was back in 96. Trained with the jr side for a yr and got promoted to Sr. Side at 11. So it wasn't as the video said we were forced or built to play. If I were to continue at 13 I would have gone to try-outs in one of these soccer school mentioned. They are not regular schools, rather they are Sporting Clubs or Athletico as Europeans call it. You don't get forced to go to these school, rather you have to try out and hope you get in... so thats the truth I don't think this video is reporting, or lack of facts to provide a biased story.

[@MichalT_03]

“From big cities to small towns” China’s small towns Population: 1 million

[@arkhamb]

Wait are they playing for fun or this seems very forced

[@kaisen5669]

Ayush B it honestly seems like both

[@jingchengyang8957]

Well maye their parents forced them to sign up for this sport, lol.

[@orzorz8699]

really good plan and quite possible one. you really need to develope passion first, and then hard and soft infrastructure to nurture that passion.

[@Apodeipnon]

300 million children playing football? That's insane

[@dxelson]

It's not. The country has 1.4 billion people. 300 million playing casually, leisurely. Not professionally. Kids technically are still kids until 18.

[@Apodeipnon]

@@dxelson I know, but regularly, meaning that's the pool of talent they'll be able to work with. That's like four times the entire population of my country (Germany). Their team will be unstoppable if it goes as planned.

[@dxelson]

@@Apodeipnon To put into perspective Germany population is only 3 times bigger than Shanghai's and double of Guangzhou's.

[@rogerwen2387]

The number of football players registered in the football association is far less than that of Germany. Actually, there are just less than 10,0000, while Germany has the world biggest registered football players in the world, 7 millions. I dont know if the data is accurate, just acquiring it from Chinese earch engine, Baidu.

[@Apodeipnon]

@@rogerwen2387 Right. my point is just that if they succeed they will have a huge talent pool and they will probably have an extremely strong national team as a result.

[@codyshi4743]

I hope the Chinese government also do the same thing for Basketball and Cricket.

[@icedem0n326]

I expected the #1 sport to be table tennis

[@BOGOTAROCKSTAR]

Chinese are smart. Thanks for calling the beautiful game by it's name.

[@MainOffenderKZ]

no doubt with massive investment, china could have a very strong team in the future.

[@jjzh2002]

Hope so, haha

[@jayfaisa6016]

They got 1,500,000,000 people, yet not even 11 people are good enough to compete in FIFA World Cup 🏟 pathetic

[@MainOffenderKZ]

they certainly have 11 good players, just have to find them in this huge country, most of them are probably from very poor area where you are not given the same opportunity as other countries.

[@AsianBinLaden]

Well, the same can be said about any country with a large population but poor football team, like India, Indonesia, Pakistan etc. It's not that they're naturally bad at football, but that they don't have an awareness towards the sport or a system to train their younger generation and discover talent.

[@dxelson]

People shouldn't compare Chinese Olympic athletes with gold medals. Most of them if not all aren't in team based sports.

[@kirati]

Thanks for using the word football for football. American football should be renamed American Rugby and they should also start saying football like all other countries in the world. Common sense.

[@giovanniledezma2202]

I agree with what you say but america is not the only country that says soccer I believe 5 other countries say soccer

[@kirati]

@@giovanniledezma2202 Thanks for the correction. The US, as usual, has massive influence on the language.

[@giovanniledezma2202]

@@kirati yeah it should be renamed and the US should focus more on creating a great national football team as it would untite with other countries culturally during world cups

[@kirati]

@@giovanniledezma2202yeah that would be good for football too.

[@TheLegend-cy1yq]

@@kirati Tbh the US national team is getting better year by year with young stars such as pulisic.

[@ms.m3n]

Excited to see how they'll develop their team strategizing style. Japan's teams are very much different than the styles seen in euro-asia and the Americas. These guys will be better at knowing what to do with given various opponents and their styles. I don't think the other countries are as adaptive and efficient at executing new ways around given challenge boundaries. Knowing that China is serious about futbol makes me want to follow futbol more. Be mindful, a Filipino served on the winning World Cup last year, 2018 😉 Also, another sports space the Chinese could overtake is cross country, all the Nordic and snowed European countries Love it and loyally watch their weekend competitions religiously.

[@asdawdwads9497]

men football is just a meme in china

[@andresquesnel1350]

Why the heck is the purchase of world star players like Oscar or Fellaini, and many world star players who go to play in China to retire.

[@AJ-wl2bq]

At least there self aware

[@mikedowd2495]

M8 not gonna lie I forgot Oscar was a footballer before this video

[@GusMacGus313]

My landlords chinese and laughed when he heard me watching this and he even muttered “were shit man”

[@catha86]

The amount of coaches around in china who is able to spot real talent will see some really talented kids soon.

[@m.k.s.7417]

I think, that Italians and the Chinese, should (all): practice, together (as a fan, of Italian FOOTball). -M.K.S.

[@KururuguyBlogspot]

Winnie the Pooh has some big dreams

[@IvoPurwanto]

Football is the way you connect to people, to your neighbour, to your rival country, grow the sense of nationalism and pride, every time our national teams play we forgot how bad our government perform, how hard our life is, just chearing with friends to support our teams, but the most important is when we become champions and beat our rival, just sweet sweet victory,

[@misdrevenous]

Oh so the chinese wants to be disrespected? Then they should start respecting other countries too

[@thore345]

Being good in football is also linked to democracy. I think China will get a main power in football, but countries like Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Spain, France, England, Germany and Italy will defend their position as best football teams in the world. There are also a lot of uprising teams in Africa!

[@yxiang3044]

Bruh they should have focus on badminton tho since they are very good at it

[@adamhaycock7982]

It’s odd how every single person in that stadium watching that game is wearing an identical team shirt

[@freddyromariovasquezcairo2250]

why is weird?

[@cskct]

where is 4:42? Those buildings are unusual in China.

[@stevenw2933]

They are fairly common in China, especially in costal cities with European concession neighbourhoods. Also a lot of new ones are built because the style is popular. If you go to some cities on the coast they look just like western europe in some areas. Dailian, Qingdao and Shanghai comes to mind.

[@ConniSabrih]

0:32 imagine thinking Chinese men football as just 'sucks'

[@azzamatic4190]

China's women's soccer team gets more respect then the men

[@ಠ_ಠ-ಷ8ಪ]

same in sweden.

[@flaminmongrel6955]

Same in every sports everywhere Men are being downgraded its reverse sexism

[@damianpollack5699]

I went to china a year before the pandemic and there is a big problem with football there. There are no public pitches in parks and you don’t see kids just kicking a ball around like you would in Brazil or England. There isn’t a passion for the game.

[@ahmadzikrul898]

„China‘s freedom of democracy is a joke“ I’m like , what?

[@louissavalle1422]

suspicious that the fans all have the same kit almost as if the government gave it to them for the documentary???

[@cletholdus1631]

dont be stupid lol

[@fezzamanezza8415]

What about the fact that it distracts them from the fact that they have no political freedom

[@zxjzcr7lm107]

I feel the mandatory part sounds wrong.Playing football requires passion either u have it or u dont.Sports is not meant for everyone,especially football.Neymar messi ...all these players did u really think they came out of a mandatory govt project to find the next pele or maradona? NO they played for the sake of fun and passion and thats why they are so successful and making a name for themselves.If u like something,and u are willing to work hard, at least part of it would come to you naturally.Its like those parents who force their kids to play the violin or the piano to be the next mozart blah blah blah...Music can be forced into them but the same cant be said about sports.U either have it or u dont.So instead of forcing them to follow ur policy simply because you want a good national team ,try to give kids more sports inclined environments and influence them with the passion since young,then there will be a natural filter of who can or who cannot.Just simply look at your neighbours Korea for an example and look at how successful their programs are.They might not even have a tenth of your population,but they sure do make some good players across the years,ji sung park,son heung min,etc

[@Xiang8995210]

When I was in elementary school in China, due to the less space on the school playground, and it’s constantly causing the problem that kicking football accidentally breaking the school’s window and hurting the pass by student, so we had been told by the school leader we are not allowed to play football at school. After that, we trend to play basketball instead. And not only that, during my school life in China, PE class in not as important as other courses subject like English and mathematics etc, so its have always been cancelled due to the fact we need more time to study other courses.

[@aimanfaisal7139]

As a new Chinese football fans coming from Malaysia I see Chinese football is improving. Since 2016 until now I follow CSL progress. Now we can see the league is getting better. The dominance of guangzhou evergrande is no longer there. Teams like Shanghai SIPG, Beijing Guoan and Shandong Luneng is there to compete. But I honestly think the transfer policy and CSL rules is too complicated. Besides, the gap between CSL and China League One is very big. I think Chinese FA should allow 5 instead of only 4 foreign players in transfer market and can use 4 players on the field. And the transfer should also can sign a goalkeeper as I see the chinese goalkeeper too need some competition. For example Wang dalei, yan junling is too comfortable in their respective squad. They need challenge. Sending the best gk in CSL for 2 consecutive years to Espanyol following Wu Lei step isn't the right thing to do. Also, all football team there need help from billionaire like Fosun group, Tony Xia or making deal with some Arab billionaire. I understand that CFA is ruling the league. I think here, all football team in China and CFA should follow EPL. They make some agreements to make the owner of the football group can have some business football culture with global. You can read it in Wikipedia about English Premier League. Investing on top coach and scout from all countries should be great. There is a lot of available managers who isn't contract with anyone. Luciano spaletti, Peter stoger, laurent blanc, moyes, slaven bilic, julen lapotegui, Santiago solari Jose mourinho, arsene wenger, Sam allardyce, gattuso, Thierry Henry are some of the popular name who is still not manage any team. Those club in China League One or CSL who still doesn't have foreign managers should take them all. I'm not saying Chinese manager isn't good. But top coach can motivate Chinese footballer more. The tactics, coaching setup all different. The Chinese manager can also help themselves by learning from the best. They can be 2nd man in the each team staff.

[@denisp8432]

They need to make a football centric cultur like germany and brazil,and they need to make a footbaling style

[@Embargoman]

The day that Brazil wins the 2022 FIFA World Cup, China will be called the Brazil of Asia, and yet the next coach from China is going to be Colombian his name is Hernan Dario Gomez, nick named El Bolillo Gómez.

[@anoobiscooking1193]

Afraid to lose attitude make u stronger.

[@codyshi4743]

I hope China succeed in Soccer( Football). I wondered how good is China in Basketball, Baseball and Cricket?

[@henshi9474]

I mean, there is players that used to play in the NBA now playing in China

[@codyshi4743]

And speaking of Basketball a Fiba tournament is gonna be held in China.

[@stevenw2933]

Cody Shi chinese basketball is decent, yao ming is in the hall of fame. Mainland Chinese people do not play baseball or cricket. Although Taiwanese people who are Chinese as well does play baseball and they’re not bad. Chinese football is maybe the worst of any sport China participates in, there is probably no other national level sport that China is as bad at as football.

[@nepoprocks6262]

What's cricket ?

[@theowotriangle8934]

@@nepoprocks6262 Posh British Baseball

[@lucie9424]

I'm from China and live in Europe. I know that Chinese football team is shitty ,but I'm proud of them for trying. I believe in my country.

[@Bringthapain]

Yea they should fix their football. Billions of people and they cant field a decent 11???

[@jacknguyen8450]

Am I the only Vietnamese who can see the similarity between the content of this video and the football industry in Vietnam?

[@xwah5016]

Umm not all. Parents in China don’t see being a sports star a good job, they like to watch it but won’t allow their kids. I wanted to be a basketball player when I was young but that was quickly shut down cuz my parents deem it useless and doesn’t make money

[@guochen7778]

Football domination? No Football is a unifying sport. It keep children fit and united.

[@alantan9863]

You need tons of open space to encourage people to play football.

[@juancarlossaavedra6757]

You learn more from loosing a game than wining. PELE

[@dragonMagico1]

Damn China loves social engineering

[@Fluskar]

Basketball is the most popular sport in China? LOL

[@lindholmpaskaalainen3009]

Hmmm China doesn't look like so basketball country , only big cities people like it . People who live in smaller cities like pingpong / badminton . But as you know 2nd biggest NBA viewers was come from China

[@lanjian45]

You call it the second popular sport in China? Are you kidding me?