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TO GO WITH Fbl-Asia-CHN-China-children-education,FEATURE by Ben Dooley This photo taken on January 12, 2016 shows children attending a football training session in the suburbs of Guangzhou in southern China's Guangdong province. China is in the midst of a national football boom, investing billions of dollars in an effort to realise President Xi Jinping's dreams of hosting, and one day winning, the World Cup. AFP PHOTO / JOHANNES EISELE / AFP / JOHANNES EISELE (Photo credit should read JOHANNES EISELE/AFP/Getty Images)

TO GO WITH Fbl-Asia-CHN-China-children-education,FEATURE by Ben Dooley
This photo taken on January 12, 2016 shows children attending a football training session in the suburbs of Guangzhou in southern China's Guangdong province.  China is in the midst of a national football boom, investing billions of dollars in an effort to realise President Xi Jinping's dreams of hosting, and one day winning, the World Cup.      AFP PHOTO / JOHANNES EISELE / AFP / JOHANNES EISELE        (Photo credit should read JOHANNES EISELE/AFP/Getty Images)