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    Soccer World Cup spurs Chinese sporting ambitions

    Jun 27, 2018 4 minutes

    On Tuesday night, as the World Cup soccer match between Denmark and France was about to kick off, Zhou Xintao settled into his usual spot in an alleyway bar near the Lama Temple in central Beijing. 

    Mr. Zhou was in town for business and he has become a regular customer at the bar, which has erected a projection screen on its courtyard patio for the small crowd of die-hard fans who follow every game. Tonight he planned to stay up past 2 a.m. to watch his second favorite team, Argentina, play Nigeria. 

    “I’ve watched every World Cup since 1990, when Argentina

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