Gouing, Gouing, Gone

Gou Zhongwen‘s fall highlights what Chinese football is up against

I hope you do forgive the pun. But Gou Zhongwen, whose downfall was finally announced last month, was indeed illustrative of the most potent of the forces that conspire to keep Chinese football moribund. As the head of the General Administration of Sports, he initiated two consequential policies - mandatory U23 appearance and the luxury tax on transfer…