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June 19, 20122 Comments

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Photos from NetEase courtesy of Justin Jin, the photographer of the series Since the days of the Tsars, China and Russia have been facing off each other along one of the world’s longest borders. In the recent two decades, with the yawning gap between the two economies, the roles that the two sides play have [...]

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October 27, 20114 Comments

China stung by its youth soccer fiasco, given huge height advantage over Russian preteens

From Caixun and NetEase A “friendship match” in Beijing between youth soccer teams from China and Russia on Monday, October 24, ended with China suffering a crushing 0 to 15 defeat to Russia. Most galling is the fact that, the visiting team, composed of Russian children born after 2000, did not even seem to get fair [...]

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