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Chinese ringers win World Middle School Soccer Tournament

Big Brother Chang at Seagull Reference summarizes a Netease Sports report on a victorious Chinese team in a world middle school tournament that happened to be made up of professional players. Players participated the game 'individually', disguised... ...full story at Danwei

from Danwei on Fri, Apr 17 2009

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