How a Director's Love of the Speccy Turned into a Film About a Chinese Football Team The recent premiere of Angela How's short film Carn the Chinese!
at the Melbourne International Film Festival shed light on a lesser known chapter in Australian football's history: the Young Chinese League, a social football side formed by Chinese Australians during the White Australia Policy era.
The story of the YCL serves as a poignant reminder that the sport's history is far more complex than its Eurocentric narrative.