@yak Haven’t got a lot of knowledge of Yunnan, was planning to travel there a few weeks ago but had to cancel our trip because foreigners weren’t allowed in the hotels booked ...(full refund and everything...sigh).
From an ASEAN point of view down south would certainly make sense. I don’t think there are many expats in Yunnan, although I could be wrong - Nanning would certainly have a presence.
In terms of down south, I reckon Guangdong could be a decent place to have a crack;
- Huawei is based there. They are massive and have a history of sponsoring sports in Australia and the Pacific.
- Guangdong is a bit of a sports hot spot - 3 of the CBA teams are based there plus a number of CSL teams.
- If Hong Kong ever truly get rolling they have a ready made local rival as Shenzhen literally straddles the border.
- Lots of expats and a massive population in the 90 million mark.
Although not sure of the union presence. A good point about Yunnan is that they have hardly any representation in major sports here.
As an aside, there is a little Australian enclave down south in Guilin around the town of Yangshuo (Guangxi province). We’ve stayed there before above an Australian pub and the whole town was packed of Aussies. We went for the scenery and were surprised at the expat community.
@manurewa yep some of the crowds are big - Beijing Guoan, Jiangsu, and Guangzhou Evergrande regularly get crowds in the 40k range. I believe Jiangsu was averaging around 55k a few years ago but it’s dropped off. I’ve only been to games in Shandong Province (At Jinan). A relatively small well-off province with a population around 100 million. The games I’ve been to were around 20k.
