China lost 1-0 to Tajikistan in a friendly in Chongqing on October 6, according to BongdaPlus. The first half ended goalless before Khanonov put the visitors ahead in the 53rd minute. Six minutes later, Wei Shihao received a second yellow card, leaving the hosts a player down for the remainder of the match. China could not equalize and suffered a third successive defeat in the sequence described by the report. The result concerns the senior national side, separately from the China U23 team’s Asian Games performance cited as background.