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2-1 comeback win against Uzbekistan and another 2-1 triumph over North Korea.</p> <p>These results may not seem like much, but the Chinese national team has been the butt of jokes for many years and lost to Thailand 5-1 just over 18 months ago. The team’s run at the Asian Cup has become a source for political capital, which may in turn generate momentum for the development of football in the country.</p> <p>The Central Discipline Inspection Commission (CIDC), charged with investigating corruption within the Communist Party, were the first to draw on the team’s success, asking in an article posted on its own website, ‘What does the national team’s Asian Cup performance tell us?’ The self-congratulatory article found ‘the recent top-to-bottom campaigns against bribery and match-fixing, and the powerful anti-corruption campaign, have catalysed the national team’s march toward a new future’.</p> <p>In recent years, Chinese football was embattled by catchphrases such as ‘fake ball’ and ‘black whistle’, catchphrases which epitomised the public’s lack of faith in Chinese football, but is now in the first stages of a ‘new life’, with the CDIC reporting that CSL attendance rates are the highest in Asia and tenth in the world. Thanks to the CDIC, as inside reporting would have it, China’s loyal, long-suffering fans now have cause for optimism.</p> <p>But China’s performance at the Asian Cup did not only generate a PR stunt for the Central Disciplinary Inspection Commission. The Central Leading Group for Deepening Reform, a powerful body headed by Xi Jinping has announced that it is deliberating football reforms already approved by the State Council, the starting point for much legislation in China. The reform package is wide-ranging and includes introducing modern commercial structures for football clubs and rebalancing the allocation of both gate receipts and television revenue.</p> <p>These moves have two motivations: firstly, to reduce the disparity in resources that have led to the top spots in the CSL being a foregone conclusion in recent years, and secondly to prevent a re-emergence of the corruption that blighted the game not long ago. Other reforms include constructing more facilities to support football at professional, amateur and school levels. An expanded football lottery system and a football development fund both aim to make significant improvements to grassroots football, a goal that could have significant long-term benefits for football in China. It is difficult to predict how long it will be before these reforms become reality, but if the government wants to put an end to the national team being the butt of jokes, it will need to act quickly.</p> <p>This is not the first time that a wave of promise has swept over Chinese football. 2002 marked China’s maiden World Cup Finals appearance, the China Schools Football program got underway in 2009, and in 2011 Wanda Group Chairman Wang Jianlin committed 480 million RMB to the CSL in sponsorship funding. But these were all false dawns. Now, Guangzhou Evergrande has opened an academy with capacity for 2,300. Evergrande is perhaps a special case: it has abundant financing, including the 1.2 billion RMB invested by Alibaba’s Jack Ma in June 2014, and has also come to be seen as a launchpad for talent to be guided into the national team set-up. If proposed reforms are implemented, it would not stand alone as China’s foremost developer of both grassroots and professional talent. In both the short and long-term, Chinese football could be set for a significantly rosier future.</p> <p>The CDIC heaped praise on itself for China’s modest successes at the Asian Cup, but it may have a genuinely pivotal role in the progress of Chinese football at all levels. Where previous progress was stymied by endemic corruption in both politics and business, the campaign to clean the country of this sleaze strengthens the odds of the rosier future becoming a reality.</p> <div class="yarpp-related"> <p><strong>Related posts:</p></strong><ol> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150923133514/http://wildeastfootball.net/2015/01/wef-special-your-in-depth-guide-to-chinas-asian-cup-squad/" rel="bookmark" title="WEF Special: Your In-Depth guide to China’s Asian Cup Squad">WEF Special: Your In-Depth guide to China’s Asian Cup Squad </a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150923133514/http://wildeastfootball.net/2015/01/wilson-defeat-to-australia-a-perfect-end-for-chinas-asian-cup/" rel="bookmark" title="Wilson: Defeat to Australia a perfect end for China’s Asian Cup">Wilson: Defeat to Australia a perfect end for China’s Asian Cup </a></li> <li><a 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Football Expo</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150923133514/http://wildeastfootball.net/2014/02/hong-kong-fa-win-afc-grassroots-award/" title="Hong Kong FA win AFC Grassroots Award">Hong Kong FA win AFC Grassroots Award</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150923133514/http://wildeastfootball.net/2013/01/future-star-shanghai-schoolboy-heads-to-europe-for-trials/" title="Future star? 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SIPG can usurp Guangzhou Evergrande">CSL 2015 title run-in analysis: SIPG can usurp Guangzhou Evergrande</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150923133514/http://wildeastfootball.net/2015/08/north-terrace-news-shenhua-head-to-tianhe-after-hangzhou-thrashing/" title="North Terrace News: Shenhua Head to Tianhe After Hangzhou Thrashing">North Terrace News: Shenhua Head to Tianhe After Hangzhou Thrashing</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150923133514/http://wildeastfootball.net/2015/06/official-tottenham-hotspur-midfielder-paulinho-joins-guangzhou-evergrande/" title="OFFICIAL: Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Paulinho joins Guangzhou Evergrande">OFFICIAL: Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Paulinho joins Guangzhou Evergrande</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150923133514/http://wildeastfootball.net/2015/06/workers-stadium-ramblings-guoan-needs-to-make-it-two-for-two-at-tianhe/" title="Worker’s Stadium Ramblings: Guoan needs to make it two for two at 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class="textwidget"><p><em><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150923133514/http://wildeastfootball.net/?attachment_id=11507" rel="attachment wp-att-11507"><img class="alignright wp-image-11507" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150923133514im_/http://wildeastfootball.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Guangzhou_Evergrande_2012_Crest-218x300.png" alt="Guangzhou_Evergrande_2012_Crest" width="150" height="187"/></a></strong><strong>Established:</strong> 1993</em></p> <p><em><strong>Ground: </strong>Tianhe Stadium, Tianhe District, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province.</em></p> <p><em><strong>Capacity:</strong> 58,500</em></p> <p><em><strong>Honours: </strong>Asian Champions League Winners 2013</em></p> <p><em>Chinese Super League Champions 2011, 2012, 2013</em></p> <p><em>China League One Champions, 2007, 2010</em></p> <p><em>Chinese FA Cup Winners 2012</em></p> <p><em>Chinese FA Cup Runners-up 2013</em></p> <p><em>Chinese FA Supercup Winners 2012</em></p> <p><em>Chinese FA Supercup 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class="matches_played">26</td> <td class="wins">16</td> <td class="draws">7</td> <td class="losses">3</td> <td class="goal_difference">+24</td> <td class="points last">55</td> </tr> <tr class="even"> <td class="rank first">3</td> <td class="team">Shandong Luneng</td> <td class="matches_played">26</td> <td class="wins">16</td> <td class="draws">4</td> <td class="losses">6</td> <td class="goal_difference">+21</td> <td class="points last">52</td> </tr> <tr class="odd"> <td class="rank first">4</td> <td class="team">Beijing Guoan</td> <td class="matches_played">26</td> <td class="wins">14</td> <td class="draws">8</td> <td class="losses">4</td> <td class="goal_difference">+20</td> <td class="points last">50</td> </tr> <tr class="even"> <td class="rank first">5</td> <td class="team">Henan Jianye</td> <td class="matches_played">26</td> <td class="wins">9</td> <td class="draws">9</td> <td class="losses">8</td> <td class="goal_difference">+2</td> <td class="points last">36</td> </tr> <tr class="odd"> <td class="rank first">6</td> <td class="team">Shanghai Shenhua</td> <td class="matches_played">26</td> <td class="wins">10</td> <td class="draws">6</td> <td class="losses">10</td> <td class="goal_difference">-4</td> <td class="points last">36</td> </tr> <tr class="even"> <td class="rank first">7</td> <td class="team">Shijiazhuang Y…</td> <td class="matches_played">26</td> <td class="wins">7</td> <td class="draws">14</td> <td class="losses">5</td> <td class="goal_difference">+4</td> <td class="points last">35</td> </tr> <tr class="odd"> <td class="rank first">8</td> <td class="team">Jiangsu Guoxin…</td> <td class="matches_played">26</td> <td class="wins">9</td> <td class="draws">6</td> <td class="losses">11</td> <td class="goal_difference">-6</td> <td class="points last">33</td> </tr> <tr class="even"> <td class="rank first">9</td> <td class="team">Changchun Yatai</td> <td class="matches_played">26</td> <td class="wins">7</td> <td class="draws">10</td> <td class="losses">9</td> <td class="goal_difference">-4</td> <td class="points last">31</td> </tr> <tr class="odd"> <td class="rank first">10</td> <td class="team">Hangzhou</td> <td class="matches_played">26</td> <td class="wins">7</td> <td class="draws">7</td> <td class="losses">12</td> <td class="goal_difference">-9</td> <td class="points last">28</td> </tr> <tr class="even"> <td class="rank first">11</td> <td class="team">Chongqing Lifan</td> <td class="matches_played">26</td> <td class="wins">7</td> <td class="draws">7</td> <td class="losses">12</td> <td class="goal_difference">-16</td> <td class="points last">28</td> </tr> <tr class="odd"> <td class="rank first">12</td> <td class="team">Tianjin Teda</td> <td class="matches_played">26</td> <td class="wins">6</td> <td class="draws">9</td> <td class="losses">11</td> <td class="goal_difference">-8</td> <td class="points last">27</td> </tr> <tr class="even"> <td class="rank first">13</td> <td class="team">Liaoning Whowin</td> <td class="matches_played">26</td> <td class="wins">6</td> <td class="draws">9</td> <td class="losses">11</td> <td class="goal_difference">-15</td> <td class="points last">27</td> </tr> <tr class="odd"> <td class="rank first">14</td> <td class="team">Guangzhou R&F;</td> <td class="matches_played">26</td> <td class="wins">6</td> <td class="draws">7</td> <td class="losses">13</td> <td class="goal_difference">-6</td> <td class="points last">25</td> </tr> <tr class="even"> <td class="rank first">15</td> <td class="team">Guizhou Renhe</td> <td class="matches_played">26</td> <td class="wins">6</td> <td class="draws">7</td> <td class="losses">13</td> <td class="goal_difference">-10</td> <td class="points last">25</td> </tr> <tr class="odd"> <td class="rank first">16</td> <td class="team">Shanghai Shenxin</td> <td class="matches_played">26</td> <td class="wins">4</td> <td class="draws">5</td> <td class="losses">17</td> <td class="goal_difference">-31</td> <td class="points last">17</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div></div><div id="soccer_info_widget-3" class="widget widget_soccer_info_widget"><h4>Latest results</h4><div class="siresults siwidget "><table> <tbody> <tr class="date"><td class="date" colspan="3">Monday, September 21, 2015</td></tr> <tr class="even"> <td class="team_a">Guangzhou R&F;</td> <td class="result">1 - 2</td> <td class="team_b team_bold">Guangzhou Ever…</td> </tr> <tr class="date"><td class="date" colspan="3">Sunday, September 20, 2015</td></tr> <tr class="odd"> <td class="team_a">Shanghai Shenhua</td> <td class="result">1 - 2</td> <td class="team_b team_bold">Shandong Luneng</td> </tr> <tr class="even"> <td class="team_a">Henan Jianye</td> <td class="result">0 - 0</td> <td class="team_b">Changchun Yatai</td> </tr> <tr class="odd"> <td class="team_a team_bold">Beijing Guoan</td> <td class="result">1 - 0</td> <td class="team_b">Jiangsu Guoxin…</td> </tr> <tr class="even"> <td class="team_a">Chongqing Lifan</td> <td class="result">1 - 1</td> <td class="team_b">Liaoning Whowin</td> </tr> <tr class="date"><td class="date" colspan="3">Saturday, September 19, 2015</td></tr> <tr class="odd"> <td class="team_a team_bold">Shanghai SIPG</td> <td class="result">3 - 1</td> <td class="team_b">Guizhou Renhe</td> </tr> <tr class="even"> <td class="team_a team_bold">Tianjin Teda</td> <td class="result">4 - 1</td> <td class="team_b">Shanghai Shenxin</td> </tr> <tr class="odd"> <td class="team_a">Hangzhou</td> <td class="result">1 - 1</td> <td class="team_b">Shijiazhuang Y…</td> </tr> <tr class="date"><td class="date" colspan="3">Wednesday, September 16, 2015</td></tr> <tr class="even"> <td class="team_a team_bold">Beijing Guoan</td> <td class="result">3 - 1</td> <td class="team_b">Changchun Yatai</td> </tr> <tr class="date"><td class="date" colspan="3">Monday, September 14, 2015</td></tr> <tr class="odd"> <td class="team_a team_bold">Shandong Luneng</td> <td class="result">2 - 1</td> <td class="team_b">Hangzhou</td> </tr> <tr class="date"><td class="date" colspan="3">Sunday, September 13, 2015</td></tr> <tr class="even"> <td class="team_a team_bold">Changchun Yatai</td> <td class="result">2 - 1</td> <td class="team_b">Chongqing Lifan</td> </tr> <tr class="odd"> <td class="team_a">Jiangsu Guoxin…</td> <td class="result">1 - 1</td> <td class="team_b">Tianjin Teda</td> </tr> <tr class="even"> <td class="team_a team_bold">Shanghai Shenxin</td> <td class="result">2 - 1</td> <td class="team_b">Guangzhou R&F;</td> </tr> <tr class="odd"> <td class="team_a">Shijiazhuang Y…</td> <td class="result">0 - 1</td> <td class="team_b team_bold">Henan Jianye</td> </tr> <tr class="date"><td class="date" colspan="3">Saturday, September 12, 2015</td></tr> <tr class="even"> <td class="team_a">Shanghai SIPG</td> <td class="result">0 - 3</td> <td class="team_b team_bold">Guangzhou Ever…</td> </tr> <tr class="odd"> <td class="team_a">Guizhou Renhe</td> <td class="result">1 - 2</td> <td class="team_b team_bold">Shanghai Shenhua</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div></div><div id="soccer_info_widget-4" class="widget widget_soccer_info_widget"><h4>Upcoming fixtures</h4><div class="sifixtures siwidget "><table> <tbody> <tr class="date"><td class="date" colspan="3">Saturday, September 26, 2015</td></tr> <tr class="even"> <td class="team_a">Shijiazhuang Y…</td> <td class="time">19:35</td> <td class="team_b">Shanghai Shenhua</td> </tr> <tr class="odd"> <td class="team_a">Guizhou Renhe</td> <td class="time">19:35</td> <td class="team_b">Guangzhou Ever…</td> </tr> <tr class="even"> <td class="team_a">Shandong Luneng</td> <td class="time">19:35</td> <td class="team_b">Shanghai SIPG</td> </tr> <tr class="date"><td class="date" colspan="3">Sunday, September 27, 2015</td></tr> <tr class="odd"> <td class="team_a">Guangzhou R&F;</td> <td class="time">19:35</td> <td class="team_b">Tianjin Teda</td> </tr> <tr class="even"> <td class="team_a">Liaoning Whowin</td> <td class="time">19:35</td> <td class="team_b">Henan Jianye</td> </tr> <tr class="odd"> <td class="team_a">Jiangsu Guoxin…</td> <td class="time">19:45</td> <td class="team_b">Chongqing Lifan</td> </tr> <tr class="even"> <td class="team_a">Shanghai Shenxin</td> <td class="time">19:45</td> <td class="team_b">Beijing Guoan</td> </tr> <tr class="odd"> <td class="team_a">Changchun Yatai</td> <td class="time">19:45</td> <td class="team_b">Hangzhou</td> </tr> <tr class="date"><td class="date" colspan="3">Saturday, October 17, 2015</td></tr> <tr class="even"> <td class="team_a">Shandong Luneng</td> <td class="time">19:35</td> <td class="team_b">Guizhou Renhe</td> </tr> <tr class="odd"> <td class="team_a">Beijing Guoan</td> <td class="time">19:35</td> <td class="team_b">Guangzhou R&F;</td> </tr> <tr class="even"> <td class="team_a">Tianjin Teda</td> <td class="time">19:35</td> <td class="team_b">Guangzhou Ever…</td> </tr> <tr class="odd"> <td class="team_a">Shanghai SIPG</td> <td class="time">19:45</td> <td class="team_b">Shijiazhuang Y…</td> </tr> <tr class="date"><td class="date" colspan="3">Sunday, October 18, 2015</td></tr> <tr class="even"> <td class="team_a">Hangzhou</td> <td class="time">19:35</td> <td class="team_b">Liaoning Whowin</td> </tr> <tr class="odd"> <td class="team_a">Chongqing Lifan</td> <td class="time">19:35</td> <td class="team_b">Shanghai Shenxin</td> </tr> <tr class="even"> <td class="team_a">Jiangsu Guoxin…</td> <td class="time">19:45</td> <td class="team_b">Henan Jianye</td> </tr> <tr class="odd"> <td class="team_a">Shanghai Shenhua</td> <td class="time">19:45</td> <td class="team_b">Changchun Yatai</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div></div></div> </div> <div style="clear:both;"></div> <div id="footertopbg"> <div id="footerwidgets"> <div class="footerwidgetleft"> </div> <div class="footerwidgetmidleft"> </div> <div class="footerwidgetmidright"> </div> <div class="footerwidgetright"> <div id="collapslink-2" class="widget widget_collapslink"><h4>Links</h4><script type="text/javascript"> // <![CDATA[ /* These 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