China

Retired footballer denounces Communist Party, calls for ‘Chinese federation’




Retired footballer Hao Haidong has openly challenged Communist Party rule in China, in a video posted online on Thursday.The well-known sports figure also issued what he called a “manifesto for the establishment of a Chinese federation” in the clip posted on YouTube, which is blocked in China.It was not immediately clear where and when 50-year-old Hao recorded the video.In a separate clip also circulating online, Hao appears with his wife Ye Zhaoying, a badminton star in the 1990s, saying she…



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