Growing up in Canada, Haoxin Liu was fluent in English, functional in Cantonese, but barely understandable in Mandarin.
These days, a large number of people from Hong Kong went north for work. The Dingtian Club had no salary advantage, since the pay level in Hong Kong was very high. But for Haoxin Liu, Hong Kong offered fewer work opportunities.
Hong Kong was very small and didn't have many good athletes, let alone a team that could compete with the top Asian professional teams. Haoxin Liu didn't want to stay in Hong Kong to teach those low-level athletes, so he chose to go north for more opportunities.
Growing up in North America, Haoxin Liu had no special feelings about soccer. After all, soccer was not very popular in North America. Unlike Chowtai Kim joining the Dingtian Club for the Herman team, Haoxin Liu hoped to find a place to use his talent.
