On January 3, 2008 the China Daily carried the story China players make million-dollar World Cup pledge. The pledge itself was a bit scary in light of the China’s men’s team past record and their unlucky draw in the qualifying rounds. The line that caught my interest the most was, “We swear by death to [...]
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Resolutions, Honor and Dreams
June 15th, 2008 · No Comments
Resolution Meng
January 3rd, 2008 · No Comments
Fm. the Feets Don’t Fail Me Now file:
In a grim follow-up to my New Year’s post offering up cautionary advice on resolution making, China’s national football team, (aka Guozu, which literally translates as ‘National Feet’) in complete disregard of my heart-felt warning, publicly promised to qualify for the 2010 World Cup with an oath [...]