Eastern Promises
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“Jake Farrell has decided to up sticks and head to China to teach English and coach a kids’ football team. After all, how difficult can it be?”
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I'm currently in Ningbo, China
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What are the most popular sports in China? Would football be amongst the top 3?
I’d say the three most popular sports (amongst younger people) in China are:
1: Basketball
2: Badminton
3: Ping pong
Football really isn’t on the map at all. Maybe Shanghai Shenhua’s signing of Drogba will change this? He has scored 7 goals in 10 games so far. Anelka, on the other hand, has 3 in 22 games – so his signing hasn’t changed anything.
Young and old alike seem to love badminton. You can always see street-side games of badminton, even with no net. Grandchildren with Grandparents a lot of the time.
Ping pong, the stereotypical Chinese game, is harder to see. Without a table, the game can’t be played. But everytime I get to play with a Chinese person, I get whooped. They do love it, it’s not a myth, and somewhere, a place I don’t know…they practice and practice and practice.