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Message: [QUOTE="Da_Aisijimo_Gou, post: 2767295, member: 264"] Africa: In addition to South Africa 2010's impact, Africa's relative increasing income, emerging & expanding middle classes by African standards, growing power access, and huge increases in internet access, mobile phone networks, and related use, etc. are significantly expanding viewership (TV + internet) and interest. Asia: Similar to Africa. Yes, FIFA will absolutely give China an opportunity to host a future world cup even without bribes, Xi's massive support for the sport's growth (starting pre-primary school up to increasingly [I]professional [/I]professional clubs, academies operated by invited European coaches, etc.). Beyond huge #s of Chinese ticket buyers this world cup, note the Chinese sponsors. For example the massive Wanda Group (involved in malls, film production & all sorts of stuff in China, most east Asian & increasingly many other nations including some La Liga club), Hisense appliances (high quality), Vivo (great mobile phones, etc, NBA sponsor in China with Steph Curry, India's cricket premier league sponsor, etc.). Besides games watched on CCTV, many sponsoring advertisers on Singaporean and Malaysian broadcasts I've watched are Chinese companies. Most westerners do not know the companies at all or know them well. With Xi's support for the sports growth, have no doubt the Chinese sponsors are allocating some RMB to soccer training in the schools, academies, etc. [/QUOTE]