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The China Dragon (Chinese: 中国龙队) are a professional ice hockey team based in Shanghai China and a member of Asia League Ice Hockey. The team was formed in 1954 as two different clubs Harbin and Qiqihar as part of the China League. In 2004 the clubs joined Asia League Ice Hockey and in 2007 they merged into a single club China Sharks backed by the National Hockey League’s San Jose Sharks for financial reasons. The team was renamed the China Dragon in 2009 when San Jose pulled out.