The last issue of China Soccer

Another death penalty for Chinese football newspapers. China Soccer (中国足球报), a football news weekly jointly published by China Sports Publications Corporation (中国体育报业总社) and Chinese Football Association, fronted on its 872 issue last Tuesday that reads:

To adapt a new economic climate, we are to restructure our product. During the restructuring, China Soccer will temporarily cease publishing from March 10. Thank you, our readers, for your support all these years and being along with us. For subscription reimbursement please contact your local post office.

Editorial Team
March 3, 2009

Priced at 1 RMB ($ 0.15 USD), China Soccer is published every Tuesday covering mostly about Chinese football. The weekly was first published 15 years ago back in 1994, exactly the same year when China kicked off its professional football league. It enjoyed solid readership growth to about 400,000 people in the mid 1990s, when the Chinese Football Association Jia League (中国足球协会甲级联赛) was at its best.

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