According to some Jung-ho Kang Pirates Jersey , Alibaba's recent investment in Guangzhou Evergrande marked the death of soccer in China. An already dominant team, they argued, further bolstered by the billions of one of China's biggest firms would squash what little competition remained.
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While Evergrande are poised to claim their fourth consecutive league title, the club's exit from the Asian Champions League (ACL) at the quarterfinal stage last week showed that a lack of -competition at home is hurting the club when it comes to the continental stage. -Although Guangzhou won the game 2-1 Starling Marte Pirates Jersey , the -defending champions lost out to Australian side Western Sydney -Wanderers on the away goals rule.
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Few are predicting the sudden -demise of Guangzhou Evergrande any time soon, but they suddenly don't seem quite as fearsome as they were last -season. Underdogs can always win one-off matches, but proper investment is -needed for a club to prosper throughout the season.
With the CSL signing up multiple major partners in recent months and Evergrande attracting money from -Alibaba, the league is clearly a more attractive prospect for investors than it once was. While Guangzhou's dominance might previously have deterred some entrepreneurs from investing in others Willie Stargell Pirates Jersey , this defeat might just convince some of them that there is more than one team in China.
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DUBLIN, Nov. 22 (Xinhua) -- Ireland is seeing continued increase in employment, with the number of those at work at the highest level since 2008, according to new figures on Tuesday.
The figures from the Central Statistics Office (CSO) showed that more than two million people are now working in Ireland, an additional 56,500 people, or a 2.9-percent increase in employment in the past year.
The CSO figures also showed that 72 percent of all jobs created in the past year were created outside Dublin.
Employment has been growing continuously for 16 quarters and over the past year employment has grown in all regions, the CSO said.
It said the industries sector was the fastest growing sector in the economy while the accommodation and food service sectors and construction sectors remained strong with employment growing in 12 out of 14 economic sectors.
The CSO said unemployment had decreased by 12.6 percent during the year, bringing the total number of unemployed to 172,500.
Ireland's monthly unemployment rate stood at 7.5 percent in October, according to the CSO.
"The CSO figures today are very welcome and show that our job growth is recovering. I am particularly encouraged to see figures showing the vast majority of new jobs are being created outside of Dublin as one of my key priorities remains keeping a focus on job growth in all regions around Ireland," said Mary Mitchell O'Connor, minister for jobs, enterprise and innovation.
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