Grassroots soccer fever grips northeast China as Northeast Super League debuts

HARBIN, May 24 (Xinhua) -- In China's far northeast, where winter temperatures can plunge to minus 30 degrees Celsius and the rustbelt economy has struggled for years, the region's football heart beat again on Saturday night when the inaugural Northeast Super League kicked off. The grassroots soccer league, an eight-team amateur competition spanning the three northeastern provinces of Liaoning, Jilin and Heilong

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