http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/beijingolympics/archive/2008/08/15/chinese-football-five-millennia-of-hurt.aspxDuncan Hewitt reports on why Chinese are dissing their own soccer team: The world might be quaking at China’s ever growing medals tally, but you wouldn’t have known it from recent front-page headlines in Chinese newspapers. “Please forget about theseenCommunityServer 2.1 SP2 (Debug Build: 2.18)http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/beijingolympics/archive/2008/08/15/chinese-football-five-millennia-of-hurt.aspx#570824Fri, 15 Aug 2008 15:08:58 GMT544c64cf-7058-4151-925a-a0fd041e73dd:570824sregis<p>add me to the list of knowledgeable soccer-folk who had little expectation of the chinese men's team going far in this tournament. &nbsp;the better story might've been how the fans are dealing w/ the women's team, who at least have some winning precedent.</p> Blog: Beijing Beat: A Blog of the 2008 Olympic Gameshttp://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/beijingolympics/archive/2008/08/15/chinese-football-five-millennia-of-hurt.aspx#591995Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:31:04 GMT544c64cf-7058-4151-925a-a0fd041e73dd:591995denysp<p>Brazilian table tennis is not that bad ... Hugo Hoyama is a decent player ... ;)</p> Blog: Beijing Beat: A Blog of the 2008 Olympic Games