Welcome to Foreign Policy’s China Brief. This week, as the FIFA World Cup heats up in North America, we explore the state of ...

As the World Cup grips North America this summer, China will again watch from the sidelines, while its fans cheer on unlikely amateur soccer stars — from delivery drivers to villagers — now playing in ...

China once invested heavily in soccer but failed to become a top nation in the sport. The Super League has seen its influence decline, while the national team, which has not qualified for the World ...

Encouraging signs are emerging for China's long-suffering soccer fans despite the national team's failure yet again to qualify for the World Cup and the continued struggle of its top clubs in Asian ...

A Chinese soccer club has been fined by the Chinese Professional Football League (CFL) for placing ‘feudal superstitious items’ in the away team’s dressing room. Changchun Xidu FC, who play in China ...

In April, Chinese President Xi Jinping visited a company that makes humanoid robots. There he floated an idea to fix the country's woeful men's soccer team. “Can we have robots join the team?” Xi was ...

China isn't at the World Cup, but "Card Master" Ma Ning is winning fans—and memes—back home.

World Cup team send-offs are usually a grand event. Rigorously selected players dressed in dapper suits, waving at fans before they board a plane to represent their countries at one of the biggest ...

Chinese sports blogs and message boards were buzzing at the end of January with news that two high-ranking officials from the country’s football association had been taken away by police for ...