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John Duerden

John Duerden is Asian sports correspondent for The Diplomat.

He writes about Asian football and sport for The Guardian, ESPN, Sports Illustrated, Fox, New York Times and International Herald Tribune, among other publications.

He studied history and government at the London School of Economics.

Posts by John Duerden

December 09, 2011

China's World Cup Agony

If China wants to do better in international football it needs to do more to get its kids to play the game.