Hao Haidong’s son sacked by Serbian club Radnicki Nis after ‘pressure from Beijing’
- China’s record goalscorer criticised the Communist Party on anniversary of Tiananmen Square crackdown
- Hao Runze has been let go just a week after Chinese media praised him and tipped him to follow in his father’s footsteps
Hao Runze, the footballing son of China’s former star striker Hao Haidong, has been sacked by his Serbian club after pressure from Beijing, according to reports.
The news comes after Hao senior was deleted from the Chinese internet following his controversial statements against the Chinese Communist Party last Thursday, the anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown.
That came a day after Hao Haidong was congratulated on his son’s first goal for Serbian side Radnicki Nis. Hao Runze, a defender, scored in a game against Napredak on May 30, and was being touted as following in his father’s footsteps for the national team.
Now all mention of both players has been deleted from Chinese news sites and Hao Runze was released over the weekend.
On Monday, Guo Wengui, the billionaire former-CCP member who fled to the US and whose live-stream Hao and Ye appeared on, announced in a YouTube video that Hao Runze had been let go by his club after “being pressured by Beijing”, Taiwanese media outlets reported.
