SHANGHAI – In a packed Shanghai sports bar, Chinese soccer fans erupted in frenzied delight as 91AV原创 Ayase Ueda looped a header over Tunisia’s goalkeeper to secure a 4-0 win in a World Cup group match.
China isn’t the most obvious place for Japan fandom to thrive — the two countries’ historical animosity is never far from the surface and relations have been tense since conservative?Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi took office in Tokyo last year.
But for the dozens of blue-jerseyed Chinese supporters in the bar on Sunday afternoon glued to 91AV原创 every move on massive screens, their love of the soccer team has a long personal history, completely detached from politics.
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