Xi Jinping has dreams. One of them is for China to become a football nation. He expressed this wish shortly after taking office ten years ago. What followed were spectacular transfers of world-famous football stars who were lured to China for a lot of money – but quickly sought to leave again. Now, they are focusing on talents within their own country. And for that, they need football fields, like the ones being built in this new residential complex in the city of Taizhou. If only Xi had thought of this earlier.