Students play with their soccer balls as they walk among crop fields to the Sunji Township Centre Primary School during sunrise in Sunji township of Shanghe county, Shandong province March 25, 2015. REUTERS/Stringer
HONG KONG (Reuters) - The Chinese Football Association vice president said hosting a future World Cup would be "a dream" for China, but declined to say when the nation would bid to organise football's showcase event.
Zhang Jian was elected to the FIFA Council - the global soccer governing body's main decision-making entity - at the Asian Football Confederation's congress in Bahrain earlier this month, underlining China's growing influence in the sport.
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