Evergrande has been front and center of Chinese soccer over the past three years; especially since winning last year's Asian Champions League trophy.
"It was my father who passed on to me the (generous) spirit ... so by naming the schools, I want to salute to my father and pass the spirit on to my son."
China's professional soccer is haunted by a past rife with corruption, and the greatest specter of all is hei shao - loosely translated as "black whistlers" - which fans frequently chant during games.
Donald Sterling, the embattled Los Angeles Clippers owner banned for life by the NBA for racist remarks, said he doubts players would strike if he still owns the team next season.
Taiwan is a "soccer desert", according to the island's No 1 player, Chen Po-liang, and the 25-year-old Shanghai Shenhua midfielder had to endure a tough journey through that wasteland before arriving in China's top league.
ON POPULARITY OF SOCCER IN TAIWAN: "Unlike the outside world, soccer is not Taiwan's No 1 sport. Thus not so many care about it. For example, at the university we shared the training pitch with javelin throwers, discus throwers and women footballers. That meant we could only train on a quarter of the pitch.
The number of players competing in top European leagues is a fair gauge of a nation's soccer development. Obviously, China is lagging far behind its neighbors, as Japan and South Korea have numerous players plying their trade in the top leagues.
Editor's note: Soccer is the world's No 1 sport, and China has its own aims for the game. President Xi Jinping has spoken about his soccer dream: China reaching the World Cup, China hosting the Cup and, ultimately, China winning the coveted trophy. However, the nation still lags far behind in the soccer world. The 2014 Brazil World Cup is just around the corner and we have selected 11 key figures from around the country to tell us about their soccer dreams. The interviews will be on RTHK Putonghua Channel at 4 pm on Sundays through June 8.
A total of 1,020 unauthorized FIFA World Cup soccer trophies were intercepted on Wednesday by the customs office in Yiwu, Zhejiang province.
1,020 fake trophies were stopped before being exported to Libya. The General Administration of Customs of China launched a campaign in April to crack down on fake football-related products which violate intellectual property rights ahead of the 2014 World Cup.
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