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There are some conditions needed to be able to naturalised foreigners to play for CNT. And I doubt it's the preferred way now to improve Chinese football.
Agree about rudinger. Seem like a rough character. Agree about Klinsmann, he was known for his gamesmanship1, hence the hypocrisy.
Regarding the German NT I dun think their future is that bad. They have current key group of players are not that old except Mulle I believe. Core group can play till next WC plus they exciting young players like Musiala who is looking like a world beater.
True. The previous failure was blamed on the ex coach who even though won the WC for them in Brazil, divided the squad with his selection in next WC, froze out key players and shifted blame on them. The current coach fits better I think. He is successful at club level and is thought of highly. Squad chemistry seem to be good this time. Maybe just case of bad luck with Japan beating them and Spain to top the group which was totally unexpected.
Disagree with Japan vs Korea. When it comes down to it, both population hate China due to massive hate propaganda on China by their media and historical issues. Koreans definitely have a chip on their shoulder when it comes to China specially when accuses of stealing their culture and history lol. But it is usually displayed outwardly.
Japanese people hide their contempt of chinese but they are full of arrogance themselves. They usually do it discretely though. Been told directly before by young Japanese tourists how dirty and loud Chinese are. Guess cuz I'm diaspora they think of me and mainland China as different. Nevertheless it's easy to see they think of themselves as above other asians more than koreans do. The honorary western country goes all way back to when they imitate white colonial powers to be colonial power themselves. Heck they even joined the eight alliance with them to sack Beijing. Moreover, annexing Ryukyu, colonized Korea and brutally invaded China.
The historical part japan definitely much worse to China. However I can try ignore all that. The present Japanese still have it ingrained in them they are better than those in asia. I know examples of Korean women who studied or worked in China and some would settle down their with Chinese men. But it's much less the case for Japanese women. There was Japanese lady who has deep interest of China and studied Chinese in Beijing many years and become fluent speaker but even she decide to go back Japan to marry someone from Japan. I think that deep seated attitude of not treating china as equals is still prevalent in young generation.
Moreover its their constant attempt to curry favour the western world that is annoying. Take for instance the current media love in for Japanese football fans in Qatar cleaning up stadium after the match is over. And the team cleaning up the locker room. So many stories and discussion on this deed. Then I read they dun even do this everytime in Japan for their own stadium . It's so obvious why they do this for the world media and publicity.
Kinda went off topic much there. Apologies. Anyway it's much harder for me to support Japan team. Now that both teams and aus are out I guess I dun have to anymore. In any case, looks like Asian football still has some way to go. Gotta admit though Japan team probably performed the best of the three who progressed. They were close to advancing but for crappy penalties taken.
Well I agree with your point about the Japanese. Many of them do have a hatred of China that they don't express outwardly. And their historical brutality against the Chinese is leagues above uglier than anything the Koreans have done. The only credit I give to the Japanese, is that today, most of them are more respectful of the Chinese (although doing so grudgingly). Other nationalities like the South Koreans, Westerners, and Indians are more outwardly hostile and disrespectful towards the Chinese. I'm sure that there are many Japanese who gleefully approve of that behind closed doors.
The South Koreans in my view have not done anything bad to the Chinese that could rival Imperial Japan. Nevertheless, there exists intense racism against the Chinese in South Korea. If South Korean ultra-nationalism is allowed to fester into fascism. And if given the opportunity, South Koreans might start to think of crazy ideas. They have done some terrible things in the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. Luckily for everyone, that situation is impossible today. China is a superpower today, and there is a nuclear-armed North Korea to deal with. It was the absolutely right thing that China kept North Korea alive. If it was the ROK at the border today, a situation like the India-China border could happen. And Korean racist hatred of the Chinese could possibly reach the levels of the old Imperial Japan.
Speaking about the world cup. Both Korea and Japan are out. It stands to show that building a team to win a world cup is extremely difficult. It saddens me that only SK and Japan are the Asian representative of the World Cup. But them being out also solves the dilemma of supporting either one of them as 'Team Asia'.
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I'm sure the next step is to put Chinese steel on the entity list so that TSMC and Nvidia can't supply 5nm semiconductors to Chinese steel producers.
Because according to America, everything China produces relies on advanced semiconductors, meaning China will be unable to make steel without access to Nvidia's latest graphic card.
How can the ASML machines that China needs to manufacture steel function without 5nm and Nvidia graphic cards? According to China watchers, it's impossible.
Because according to America, everything China produces relies on advanced semiconductors, meaning China will be unable to make steel without access to Nvidia's latest graphic card.
How can the ASML machines that China needs to manufacture steel function without 5nm and Nvidia graphic cards? According to China watchers, it's impossible.
Well, TBH, China has tried to ban crypto multiple times yet it still remains the world capital for crypto.