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Could China Become a Football Super Power?
The government has revealed a plan to be a world football superpower by 2050
The Chinese government has revealed an ambitious plan to be a world football super power by 2050 with more than 60,000 football grounds built or renovated in the next six years. Also, a ceasefire in Yemen aimed at ending the year-long conflict but there are reports of fighting in several places, we hear from Sanaa. And the Boston Globe tells why they decided to write that imaginary Donald Trump story.
(Image: FIFA Marketing Director Thierry Weil, FIFA Vice-President David Chung, the chairman of Dalian Wanda Group Wang Jianlin and the first vice president of the Football Association of the People"s Republic of China Zhang Jian. Credit: Reuters/Damir Sagolj)
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Mon 11 Apr 201610:06GMT
BBC World Service except News Internet
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