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Infantino Meets With Chinese President Amid World Cup Speculation

6.14.2017

China President Xi Jinping today met with FIFA President Gianni Infantino in Beijing "amid speculation that China could be planning to bid for a future World Cup." Infantino told Xi, an "avowed soccer fan," that FIFA "aimed to help fire up a 'new era of football, not only in China.'" The meeting comes as "indications are growing that China could bid to host" either the '30 or '34 World Cup under a "plan launched by Xi’s administration to obtain international soccer success" (AP, 6/14).

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