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Baseball in China first appeared in 1863 with the establishment of the Shanghai Baseball Club by American medical missionary Henry William Boone.. Organized baseball games were established with a game between the St. John's University and the Shanghai MCA baseball club in 1905. However, in 1959 Mao Zedong disbanded all teams and outlawed baseball. After the Cultural Revolution ended, baseball activities restarted, and the China Baseball Association formed in 1974. In 2002, the China Baseball League was formed, and China participated in the 2006 World Baseball Classic. However, it is not a popular sport and it is often seen by Chinese as a mere American curiosity due to its slow pace. Defeats of the national team to Taiwan, Japan and South Korea may help change the trend as Chinese become more aware of the game's internationalization

There is also a discovery noted in http://www.thehumanaught.com/blog/2007/04/01/chinese-invented-baseball/ that baseball may have been discovered in China all the way back to the 1300's.  Now that would be something if true.  Anything to help China embrace the sport.  The curiosity is not just limited to the Americans.  Edit

Year
Champion
Runnerup

2002

Tianjin Lions

Beijing Tigers

2003

Beijing Tigers

Tianjin Lions

2004

Beijing Tigers

Tianjin Lions

2005

Beijing Tigers

Tianjin Lions

2006
Tianjin Lions
Guangdong Leopards
2007
Tianjin Lions
Guangdong Leopards

2008

Tianjin Lions

Beijing Tigers

2009

Beijing Tigers

Guandong Leopards

2010

Guangdong Leopards

Beijing Tigers

2011

Tianjin Lions

Guangdong Leopards

2012

Tianjin Lions

Beijing Tigers

2013

Beijing Tigers

Tianjin Lions