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Can a football tournament transform a small county? In Rongjiang in Guizhou Province, 137 village teams have come together to participate in an extraordinary competition known as the Village Super League, or "Cun Chao". The players are ordinary villagers, yet the tournament attracts spectators from across China and beyond. Dong Yongheng, the owner of a small eatery, became a local football star. His growing popularity helped him turn his modest business into a major local restaurant. In the CGTN documentary Breaking Through, Spanish journalist Javier García travels to Rongjiang to discover how grassroots football is creating new opportunities for local communities.

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