He also denied reports that the club have terminated the contract of former China captain Fan Zhiyi.

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Mowbray said he was happy with Zheng Zhi's display on his debut, adding that he believed the China captain would be comfortable with Celtic's style of play.

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Few among the visiting support would have predicted that Celtic manager Tony Mowbray would hand China captain Zheng Zhi his debut, while Lee Naylor made his first start of the season.

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The Chinese boat captain arrived in China to a government-orchestrated tumultuous patriotic welcome.

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In a sign of its economic ambitions, the government later appointed a former captain of industry as its ambassador to China.

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