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China and World Cup soccer? Let's talk in 2014, says Chinese soccer's new boss

Wei Di, new head of the Chinese Football Association, admits he faces a tough task in qualifying his country for the World Cup. For a country that claims to have invented the game of soccer more than 2,000 years ago, this is rather embarrassing.
Is China finally tackling its soccer corruption scourge?

Last week, the police announced they had arrested 16 players, coaches, and minor officials accused of match-fixing and betting scams.

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