"Maybe it's the resilience that makes the women better than the men," says former Chinese international Wang Liping. In a country of 1.4 billion people and a self-proclaimed football-loving leader, Xi Jingping, the men's national team has never lived up to expectations. The women are a different story: The former World Cup runners-up are among the best teams in the world. There are reasons for that, and Kick off! reporter Qian Sun knows them.

Report: Qian Sun
Camera: Lei Wang / Peng Han
Edit: Henrike Dosk

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