German Bundesliga club FC Cologne scraps China football academy

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German Bundesliga club FC Cologne has pulled out of a football academy in China, with one senior official saying 'human rights are massively ...

FRANKFURT AM MAIN: German Bundesliga club FC Cologne has pulled out of a football academy in China, with one senior official saying"human rights are massively disrespected" in the country.

"Other forms of possible co-operation, for example sponsoring from Chinese companies, hasn't been ruled out," he added. "Human rights are massively disrespected in China," Mueller-Roemer charged, saying the country has"built up a worse total surveillance state than George Orwell could have conceived".The academy was part of a 2016 deal between the German and Chinese governments and was to continue until 2021, focusing on knowledge transfer between the two countries.

Club chief Wolf said Mueller-Roemer's comments were a"private opinion" that did not reflect the stance of the side, whose home city is twinned with Chinese capital Beijing.

 

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Good job. Whole world should boycott China till CCP is overthrown.

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