The news in August that the Chinese Football Association was investigating an under-15 game because of suspected match-fixing was depressing, but not wholly surprising. Corruption in sport is a negative byproduct of the love for gambling that is widespread in Asia, which governments around the region have found difficult to control.
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People walk past a Hong Kong Jockey Club off-course branch promoting soccer betting. In 2021, 11 of the 20 soccer teams in the English Premier League had Chinese betting companies as shirt sponsors. © Reuters
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