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August 31, 2003 Australia lose again in China China 2 Australia 0 (1-0) Sunday, August 31, 2003 Qingdao, Shandong province, China Attendance: approximately 10,000 20° C    Scoring China Xie Caixia, 4 China Teng Wei, 82   China Sun Rui (Yu Weimin 79’Äô), Gao Hongxia, Fan Yunjie, Pu Wei, Sun Wen (Han Duan 56’Äô), Xie Caixia (Zhang Ouying 65’Äô), Pan Lina, Wang Liping, Teng Wei (Liu Ying 85’Äô), Han Wenxia (gk), Qu Feifei (Chen Jinyu 85’Äô). Substitutes not used : Li Jie Xie Huilin Bi Yan Gao Yingying Australia Barbieri, Melissa GK Foster, Gillian Wainwright,Sacha Alagich, Dianne Salisbury, Cheryl-captain Davies, Rhian Mann, April (Crawford, Hayley 36) Peters, Joanne Garriock, Heather Karp, Tal Small, Danielle (Golebiowski, Kelly, 27)   Substitutes not used Kell, Cassandra (GK), Reuter, Karla Grant, Pamela Rockall, Taryn Beattie, Amy (GK) Wilson, Amy Bryony Duus unavailable to play due to illness   Cautions Golebiowski Yellow card, 67 Game China opened the scoring when an attempted through-ball was deflected into the path of Xie Caixia who hit a rising shot from the right edge of the box. A through-ball set up Sun Wen but her fantastic strike was deflected wide by keeper Melissa Barbieri. China continued played at a furious pace and controlled most of the first half. An attacking China continued to be dangerous early in the second half before the pace of the game slowed. China finally broke through for their second goal with eight minutes remaining when a cross from Zhang Ouying was headed in by Teng Wei. Other China's lineup included veteran superstar Sun Wen, and their class and pace showed from the outset as China took an early lead. Australia defended hard throughout the match, but China's flowing movement on and off the ball denied the Australians any clear strikes on goal. Co-vice captain Joanne Peterswho was too sick to play in the opening match, celebrated her 50th A-international appearance. A number of Qantas Matildas were still affected by the gastric infection which has swept through the Australian camp. Bryony Duus played no part after spending a day in hospital. _________________________________ Australia and China are drawn together in Group D. The Qantas Matildas travel to Tokyo today where they will spend the night before flying on to England tomorrow. Australia continues their World Cup preparations with a match against England on Thursday night (UK time), the first time the two nations have played each other in a senior women's international.