Ah now.
Colin writes:
BBC carries GAA image of Xi Jingping at Croke Park in February 2012 to illustrate how he’s a football enthusiast as China announces timeline for intended football supremacy.
China aims to become football superpower ‘by 2050’ (BBC)
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Inferiority complex alert.
You’d think he’d be more into drunken table tennis.
Maybe it is Gaelic Football that he’s talking about?
Your a bit late with this pic
I suppose they could replace Cork in the Munster championship, similar coloured jerseys and all that.
China Abu
Fair play, in fairness…
Don’t laugh! They could be the next Leicester!
They do both produce subpar imitations of potato based snack products. Although nobody does chips in this country like the Italians, in fairness.
That gave me a chuckle. And a craving for a bag of chips.
I believe he’s lethal in the penalty box. Lethal!
Dashed clever, those Chinese. Should get on well with the Mandarins of Gaaaaah
The Economist used the same pic in the same article, more or less, 3 weeks ago. The Beeb has clearly given up producing news of its own.
They’ve had to gut their website budget over the years which is such a shame.