A pair of French Ligue 1 football teams have helped ring in the Chinese New Year through homage to the Chinese language....
Both Paris St. Germain and Marseille played their weekend matches with the names of the players written in Chinese characters on the back of their respective jerseys.
A sentence in Chinese characters reading "Marseille will be together with you during this Spring Festival" has also been flashed at the Stade Velodrome.
Marseille recently launched an account on Chinese social media site Sina Weibo.
In a further nod to Chinese football fans, a match between Paris Saint-Germain and Marseille on March 18th has been moved forward to 1 p.m. local time to better serve the football market in Asia.
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