From classrooms to kickoffs

从教室到开球时刻

Round Table China

2026-04-09

24 分钟
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Another "super league" is sweeping China's schools: the Class Super League. Sports contests are getting kids off screens and outdoors — but can a football match really teach a child more about failing better than a textbook ever could? / Do pets need 24/7 livestreams (18:43)? On the show: Niu Honglin, Fei Fei & Yushan
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  • This is Roundtable.

  • You're listening to Roundtable.

  • I'm Niu Hongling, joined by Yishan and Fei Fei.

  • Coming up soon, we've spent years worrying about the pressure students face in the classroom.

  • But what if the solution wasn't less pressure, but a different kind of pressure?

  • The Class Super League introduces kids to the high-stakes environment of competition.

  • But it does so in a way that rewards bravery over perfection.

  • Can a football match teach a child more about failing?

  • Better?

  • And in most homes, televisions are made for families sitting together in the living room.

  • Now, TVs in some houses are made for the dogs and cats on the couch.

  • Is this purely a niche phenomenon or does it reflect a deeper shift in how people live,

  • work, and relate to their pets in modern urban life?

  • Roundtable invites you to find out with us.

  • But before that.

  • This spring, something exciting is happening on school playgrounds across China.

  • From Beijing to Xi'an in northwest China's Shanxi province, more students are heading to the field.

  • In a wave of high-energy class super league matches,

  • kids are running, passing, cheering, and discovering something bigger than just football.

  • Confidence, teamwork, resilience, all unfolding in real time, right there on the grass.