Corruption, the one-child policy and billions wasted - how China's bid to become a football superpower turned into colossal failure... and what it says about President Xi's wider plans for global dominance: IAN WILLIAMS

• Source: NewsAPI.org • 36 words, ~1 min read

When President Xi Jinping launched the plan in 2015, China was ranked 81st in the world. It now ranks 91st. During the qualification stages for the current World Cup, it lost 7-0 to arch rival Japan.