scored two goals each for China. Xu scored in the 12th, Wu Chengyang made it 2-0 in the 18th, Xie scored in the 42nd and Xu made it 4-0 in the 45th. Xie scored again in the 50th, followed by Fan in the 51st and Yang Chen in the 58th, AP reported.
Ismail Naseem scored for the visiting Maldives in the 60th to make it 7-1. Xie scored in the 63rd, Fan converted a penalty kick in the 84th and Li Weifeng scored in the 89th.
Milutinovic, hired by China in January 2000, has coached four nations to the second round of the World Cup: Mexico (1986), Costa Rica (1990), the United States (1994) and Nigeria (1998).
In the other Group Nine game, Indonesia beat Cambodia 6-0.
In the second round of African qualifying it was Cameroon 1, Libya 0 in Group A; Liberia 2, Sudan 0 in Group B; and Congo 1, Madagascar 0, and Ivory Coast 2, Republic of Congo 0 in Group D.
At Jakarta, Uston Nawawi scored three goals against visiting Cambodia. Defender Samel Nasa accidentally put the ball in his own net in the 27th minute, and Nawawi scored in the 44th, 46th and 74th minutes. Aples Tecuari scored in the 75th and Kurniawan Dwiyulianto in the 80th.
Indonesia (2-0) leads the group with six points, two ahead of Maldives (1-2-1), three ahead of China (1-0) and five ahead of Cambodia (0-2-1).
The group winner joins Bahrain, Iran, Qatar and Saudi Arabia in the 10-nation Asian finals, which will produce two qualifiers for the 2002 tournament in Japan and South Korea.
At Younde, Lauren Etame Mayer converted a penalty kick in the 78th minute. Cameroon (5-0) has 15 points and needs just one win in its final three games to qualify. Angola (2-1-2) is second with eight points, one ahead of Zambia (2-2-1). Togo (0-2-2) and Libya (0-4-1) trail.
The top nation in each of the five African groups qualifies for the next year's World Cup.
At Paynesville, Liberia got goals from Kelvin Sebwe in the 38th and George Weah in the 55th. Liberia (4-1) took a three-point lead over Sudan (3-2) and dropped Nigeria (2-2-1) five points back. Ghana (1-2-1) has four points and Sierra Leone (1-4) has three.
At Kinshasa, Pitchou Inunu converted a penalty kick in the 42nd minute for Congo. And at Abidjan, Ivory Coast got goals from Zadr Keita in the 39th and Ebrahim Baka Yako in the 86th.
Tunisia and Ivory Coast (both 3-0-1) have 10 points each, with Tunisia ahead on goal difference. Congo (2-3) has six points, three ahead of Madagascar (1-3). Republic of Congo (0-3) is last.
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